Ancient Andes society used hallucinogens to strengthen social order
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Cover Stories
Ancient Magnificence: A Photographic Journey Through Ancient Akrotiri
A spectacular photographic walk through the remains of the ancient city that may have inspired Plato's story of the lost city of Atlantis.
Centuries-old Austrian mummy found to be exceptionally well preserved thanks to unusual embalming method
Researchers found a centuries-old mummy from Austria exceptionally well preserved – likely the result of a never-before reported embalming method using wood chips, twigs, fabric, and zinc chloride.
Sensational New Discoveries at Pompeii Highlight Ancient Urban Roman Life
In Defense of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
Today, this important provision for national cultural preservation is more important than ever before.
Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange
Study challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization, one of the most influential maritime cultures in history.
Fire tactics by an ancient Han army invasion devastated a now-buried forest
Italians spent thousands of years perfecting grape cultivation
Ancient grape seeds show gradual domestication from Bronze Age to Medieval Period.
New study shows first skeletal evidence of gladiator bitten by lion in Roman period
Research reveals first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in the Roman Empire.
Archaeology Can Now Tell Us How People Have Muffled and Challenged Economic Inequality Across History
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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.
