There are many scenarios where reburial is the best option for an excavated heritage site. Introduction When...
Archaeology
It has been called the most important discovery since tomb of Tutankhamun and a window into the...
The tombs were found almost completely undisturbed. A Golden Discovery In 1987, Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva received...
Archaeologists used to dig primarily at sites that were easy to find from obvious visual clues. Technology...
Analyzing the bones and teeth of individuals can give us insights into the details of their lives....
Despite the scientific rigor of archaeology today, archaeological exploration is still an art and an adventure of...
Diseases have often influenced historical events, but they are neglected in the documentation of these events. Human...
An archaeological field school experience shines a light on the grave concerns people have about the treatment...
Modern DNA analyses give an indication of what might be learned from ancient studies. By Dr. Roy...
At the time Europeans first began exploring the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River region, three Native confederacies...
Lately, much news from the field of paleoarchaeology and anthropology has centered on Neanderthal bedfellows. By Dr....
Understanding their population has helped us to understand what it is to be human. By Anna GoldfieldArchaeologist...
Lisbon was the capital of the Portuguese Empire, a nation of explorers, seafarers and conquerors. By Wanda...
The bones show interbreeding Neanderthal and Denosivan humans. This article reprinted from RFE/RL. A piece of bone...
A mysterious object carved on a Roman gem reminds us that the smallest things hold clues to...
Both the Egyptian and Inca cultures treated their deceased differently based on social hierarchy within the culture....
Looking at ancient Israeli construction and architecture, writing, industrial tools, and weapons of war. Introduction Technology enabled...
Humans stand out among all the mammals as being the only species to totter about on two...
The Lion Temple Walls do seem to be a defining feature of many Egyptian settlements throughout the...
Hand axes from the site of Saffaqah, Saudi Arabia. (Palaeodeserts/Ian R. Cartwright) Hominins made stone tools in central...
Archaeological excavation at Ain Boucherit, Algeria. Mathieu Duval, Author provided Ancient stone tools found in what is now Algeria show early humans likely spread across Africa more rapidly than...
Petra, Jordan: The rock of Fassade and of “ed-Deir.” Andreas Voegelin, Antikenmuseum Basel. How a mysterious kingdom of...
Ruins of the ancient Great Synagogue at Capernaum (or Kfar Nahum) on the shore of the Lake...
With a lot not on display, museums may not even know all that’s in their vast holdings....
Divers are seen during the discovery of a centuries-old shipwreck, in Cascais in a photo released Monday....
Hundreds of ancient gold coins were unearthed in the basement of a demolished theater in northern Italy....
Chieftains house replica / Photo by Juanjo Marin, Wikimedia Commons Archaeological artefacts found in places such as...
Anglo-Saxon burial site at the Barrow Clump, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. / Photo by Rexfeatures What is the source...
San Diego Giant on display at side show In December of 1896, a group of anatomists and...
Location of the sunken island of Cyanida / Kianida on Ptolemy’s 9th European Map (Nona Europae Tabula)...