Popular Archeology

Pushing the Prehistoric Fringe
by Jason Weaver
A recently examined mammoth tells a story of a possible human presence in the Arctic at least 45,000 years ago.
Uncovering the Citadel of El Pilar
by No Author
An unusual, isolated ancient Maya complex has archaeologists digging for answers.
Spears of the Ancient Huntsman
by Patrick Hahn
The unprecedented finds at a site in Germany are changing what we know about Paleolithic humans.
Building the Great Pyramid
by Ian Gerson
A radical new concept joins the list of theories that explain how the Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed.
An Alternative Perspective: The Jerusalem Temple
by Marilyn Sams
A controversial theory places the actual location of the biblical First and Second Temple on ancient Jerusalem's southeastern hill, in the old City of David.
History in the Teeth
by Allison Hummel
How 'reading' and studying the teeth of long-deceased people can shed light on past lives, deaths, and health conditions.

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Cover Stories

Neanderthal genes give clues to human brain evolution

3D-printed reconstructions provide clues to ancient site

Versatility in hominin diets

New Light on the Ancient Human Populations of Patagonia

Chipped stones and cut bones show early hominin presence in North Africa

The Peopling of Earth’s “Third Pole”: The Tibetan Plateau’s Earliest Colonizers

Stone tools linked to ancient human ancestors in Arabia have surprisingly recent date

Stone handaxes, similar to those made by early humans as much as 1.5 million years ago, have been dated for the first time in the Arabian Peninsula, to less than 190,000 years old, where...

Remains of Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered

Prehistoric cave art reveals ancient use of complex astronomy

First ancient DNA from mainland Finland reveals origins of Siberian ancestry in region

New study shows that the genetic makeup of northern Europe traces back to migrations from Siberia that began at least 3,500 years ago and that, as recently as the Iron Age, ancestors of the...

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A wooden toe: Swiss Egyptologists study 3,000-year-old prosthesis

Multispectral imaging reveals ancient Hebrew inscription undetected for over 50 years

Military correspondence from the First Temple period discovered on reverse side of well-studied artifact at The Israel Museum, Tel Aviv University researchers say.

New research reveals earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern Africa

Scientists have pioneered a technique to directly date prehistoric rock paintings in southern Africa, which revealed dates much older than previously thought.