Unbeknownst to most, archaeologists have been revealing a sensational find on what has been penned the 'dark side' of Mount Vesuvius in Italy.
Trackways of Otero
The latest unequivocal evidence of a human presence more than 20,000 years ago in present-day New Mexico is helping to confirm a changing paradigm on the early settling of...
Pushing Back the Timeline on the Earliest Stone Tools
New discoveries in Kenya may be changing long-accepted paradigms on stone toolmaking.
Popular Archaeology collaborates with Wayfaring Walks to visit ancient Etruscan sites in Italy
Participants will undertake an up-close-and-personal hiking experience among ancient hilltop towns in Umbria and Tuscany.
Study Suggests Independent Invention of Writing on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Radiocarbon dating of wood tablets containing ancient glyphic inscriptions points to use of writing before European contact.
The Once and Future Cataclysm: A Pictorial
The archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and much more, are once again under the threat of a fiery volcanic fury.
Pushing Back the Timeline on the Earliest Stone Tools
New discoveries in Kenya may be changing long-accepted paradigms on stone toolmaking.
The Update: Trackways of Otero 2
The latest unequivocal evidence of a human presence more than 20,000 years ago in present-day New Mexico may help confirm a changing paradigm on the early settling of the...
The Neanderthal Bone Collectors of Cueva Des-Cubierta
Scientists have uncovered evidence of a possible 42,000-year-old Neanderthal hunting shrine.
Digging on the Dark Side
A Pictorial: Unbeknownst to most, archaeologists are revealing a sensational find on what has been penned the ‘dark side’ of Mount Vesuvius in Italy.
Pushing Back Omo: The Earliest Modern Humans?
Scientists are discovering that the early modern human fossil finds uncovered at Omo Kibish in Ethiopia are older than they thought.
Trackways of Otero
The latest unequivocal evidence of a human presence more than 20,000 years ago in present-day New Mexico may confirm a changing paradigm on the early settling of the Americas....
Lost and Found at Nesher Ramla
Uncovering a ‘missing link’ in human evolution.
Saqqara: Gateway to Eternity
Archaeologists are unearthing tantalizing new finds that are shedding more light on our understanding of Egyptian mortuary cults.
Homo erectus: The First Super Hominin
Remarkable new discoveries have expanded the chronology and geographic range of humanity’s first globe-trotting ancestor.
Return to Shanidar
Scientists are opening a new chapter on Neanderthals at the famous Shanidar Cave near the northern edge of Iraq.
The North Side Story
In the high plateaus of eastern Algeria, some of the earliest evidence for human stone tool-making is emerging.
Technology One
Scientists are on the trail of discovering the earliest stone tools made by human ancestors in Africa.
The Extraordinary Case of the San Diego Mastodon
The in-depth story about the controversial discovery of a 130,000-year-old human presence in Southern California.