Latest Archaeology Stories
Mind your pickaxe: What to do when you encounter fossils and artifacts in the wild
Neolithic women were probably a lot stronger than you
There’s apparently a giant void in the Great Pyramid. Here’s why we don’t know what’s in there.
This lonely human skull might belong to an ancient tsunami victim
Gigantic dinosaur finally has a name of its own
The first humans in Australia arrived early enough to cause some trouble
10,000 years ago, North Americans were chowing down on potatoes—some things never change
Ancient Romans were way better at making concrete
The skull cult at the world’s oldest temple probably isn’t quite what you think
The world’s art is under attack—by microbes
How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past
From the archives: 100 years of mastodon fossil fascination
Is the Anthropocene really a thing? Minerals we’ve helped create rekindle the debate.
This ancient society passed power down from woman to woman
Ancient jars hold clues about the intensity of Earth’s magnetic field
Scientists just found signs of a stolen Dead Sea Scroll
We’ve been grinding up plants to eat for over 10,000 years
New evidence suggests our hominid cousin Lucy loved climbing trees
Scientists shine light on the origin of a mysterious ancient amulet
Your Blue Jeans Can Trace Their Origins To Peru, 6,000 Years Ago
The Iceman Wore Five Different Animal Products When He Died
Researchers Pin Down Old Fossil Hoax To One Suspect
Neanderthals’ Clothing Could Have Killed Them
More Evidence That Neanderthals May Have Had Some Cannibalistic Tendencies
Future Job Alert: Space Junk Archeologist
Why Did King Tut Have A Knife Made Out Of Meteorite?
Floridians And Mastodons Once Coexisted
Humans Spread Over South America Like An Invasive Species
Explore A 3D Model Of Richard III’s Parking-Lot Grave
Satellites Help Locate Shipwrecks In Shallow Waters
Our Neanderthal DNA May Help Scientists Understand Depression And Addiction
The Cat May Have Been Domesticated Two Separate Times
Smart Scanner Will Make It Easier To Digitize Archaeological Relics
Roman Toilets Didn’t Help With Hygiene
Video: Sunken Seaplane Was One Of The First Victims Of Pearl Harbor
400-Year-Old Hearts Had Same Diseases As Hearts Of Today
Ancient Tooth Yields Up DNA Of Ancient Human Cousins, The Denisovans
Scans Reveal Strange Warm Spot At Giza Pyramid
Did Humans Evolve Opposable Thumbs So We Could Punch Each Other?
Jefferson-Era Chemistry Lab Discovered At UVA
9,000-Year-Old Remains Show Evidence Of Oldest Known Decapitation In The Americas
Do Those Guys With Metal Detectors Ever Find Treasure?
Eating Carbs Helped Humans Develop Big Brains
Scientists In The United Kingdom Are ‘Fingerprinting’ Stolen Rocks
So, Just How Good Are You At Puzzles?
Archaeologists Could Use Augmented Reality To Immortalize Ancient Sites
Scientists Just Made A Brand-New Ancient Human Mummy Leg
Slime Molds Help Researchers Map Ancient Roadways
X-Ray Technique Helps Archaeologists Read Scrolls Preserved By Vesuvius Eruption
Throw Wine In 3-D Re-Creation Of Ancient Greek Drinking Game
It’s Official: Skeleton Found Under Parking Lot Is Richard III
The Week In Drones: Lollapalooza Lollygaggers, Archaeology Aids, And More
How We’ll Talk To Aliens
Radar Will Scan NYC Park For A Buried Luxury Bomb Shelter From 1964
Well-Preserved, 2,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found In South Florida
Archaeologists Pull 5 Of Blackbeard’s Cannons From The Sea
Who Or What Left This 60,000-Ton Ancient Artifact Under The Sea?
An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Peruvian Burial Ground
Archaeologists Use a Hacked Kinect To Create 3-D Scans of Dig Sites
Ancient Portable Tool Kit Shows Humans Settled North America Much Earlier Than Scientists Thought
Scientists Say They May Have Found Lost City of Atlantis Near Spain
What Killed the Mammoths? Alien Nanodiamonds May Hold the Answer
Four Years of Google Earth, and What Has it Found?