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Cover Stories
Underwater Worlds: Archaeology of Flooded Cities and Submerged Ruins
Ancient teeth provide new insight into the lives of the world’s first farming villagers
A Scholar’s Quest to Find the Ancestral People of the Most Influential Language on Earth
Who and where were the Proto-Indo-Europeans? Almost 450 languages spoken by 4 billion people descend from their tongue—and J.P. Mallory has been on a life-long journey to reconstruct their world.
The Trojan War, Mycenaeans, and an ancient Treasure in Los Angeles
A pictorial: rare and priceless artifacts tell a compelling story of ancient Greek royal families and warrior elites.
The Raucus Roman Forum
The ancient Roman Forum was a happening place in its day.
The Breath of the Underworld: The Last Rite in Hierapolis
A dramatic retelling of a sacred, mystical event of ancient Anatolia.
Pioneering Archaeology in the Middle Mekong Basin: An Interview with Dr. Joyce White, University of Pennsylvania
A pioneering University of Pennsylvania archaeologist speaks about two major projects in Southeast Asia.
The Fall of Cusco
The cost in lives of the “war of the brothers” followed by the battle of Cusco was dreadful and wrecked Inca and other Peruvian cultures.
The Multi-Million-Year Path to Becoming Human—Are We Actually There Yet?
A conversation with the legendary evolutionary thinker and archaeologist, Eudald Carbonell.
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Other Stories
Research reveals ancient Maya lessons on surviving drought
Huge variety of plant foods made their starvation unlikely.
Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry
New technique means head lice can provide clues about ancient people and migration.
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years
Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy, dispelling theory that they were bent on reusing old royal burial equipment.
New dates for Viking trade
Solar flare throws light on ancient trade between the Islamic Middle East and the Viking Age.
Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought
Faroes Settled Well Before Vikings Arrived, Lake Sediments Show.
Mystery solved: Footprints from site A at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the landscape.
Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of China dynasties
Eruptions create sulfuric acid clouds in the upper atmosphere and can cool the climate.
A Child of darkness
The first partial skull of a child of Homo naledi begins to give us insight into all stages of life of this remarkable species.
More than ceremonial, ancient Chaco Canyon was home, new study says
Early puebloans impacted the ecosystem around Chaco Canyon earlier than previously believed.
