Cahokia’s rise and fall linked to river flooding
Scientists add flooding to the list of plausible causes for the emergence and decline of the great prehistoric North American center near the Mississippi River.
Mes Aynak: A Story of Courage and a Priceless World Treasure in Afghanistan
An archaeologist and a filmmaker fight the good fight to save an ancient monumental center from the brink of destruction.
Unearthing the Opulence
A recapture of the historic excavation of America’s iconic 18th century Governor’s Palace at Colonial Williamsburg
HBO shows episode on looting in Egypt
Show highlights the plunder and destruction of priceless Egyptian antiquities, including mummies.
DNA suggests all early eskimos migrated from Alaska’s North Slope
DNA testing also shows a possible genetic tie to more ancient population of Native Americans.
Archaeologists rebuild 1608 church where Pocahontas was married
Partial reconstruction affords a visible marker for the earliest remnants of a church structure in English colonial North America.
Archaeologists Return to Dig Key Area Near Temple Mount
Excavation is yielding finds from 8th century BCE Judean monarchy to Ottoman times.
Ancient Teeth in Italy and Arrival of Modern Humans in Europe
Dental remains point to one of the earliest modern human cultures in Europe.
Mystery-Shrouded Ice Age Artifacts Find Home in Anthropology Museum
The ‘Berlin Collection’, a group of purportedly prehistoric figurines and other artifacts, will be the subject of learning, further study and research.
New Findings on Drought and the Ancient Maya Collapse
Ancient Maya farmers adapted to drying conditions, but eventually succumbed when it became too long and severe, says study.
Study report revisits cave of prehistoric cannibals
Scientists suggest 14,700-year-old case of cannibalism was part of broader culture.
Complex cognition shaped the Stone Age hand axe, study shows
Experimental archaeology shows that 'primitive' human precursors were respectably smart.
Archaeologists return to Cova Gran rock shelter
The rock shelter in northeastern Spain could hold answers to questions about hunter-gatherer evolution.
Earliest humans in Western Europe followed the climate
Spanish cave site reveals evidence the environment played large in the dispersal of the earliest hominins into Western Europe.
Archaeologists report on early human tools in Spanish cave
Dated to over 1.2 million years ago, artifacts tell a story of early human settlement in Europe.
The Black Pharaoh in Denmark
Treasures of the ancient Nubian kings of Egypt to be shown to the public.
Northern Europeans were slow to adopt farming, say researchers
Northern Europeans held on to their hunter-gatherer traditions longer than their southern European counterparts.
Early modern humans hugged riverine woodland environments in Africa
As the ancient savanna grasslands expanded in Africa, early modern humans lived and foraged near rivers and lakes, such as Lake Victoria, say researchers.
Native American mound-builder society experienced rapid agricultural development
Fort Ancient culture maize agriculture intensified rapidly, then gradually declined over time, say researchers.
A Pre-Columbian population was poisoned
Much of a Pre-Columbian population in ancient Chile was poisoned by arsenic, say researchers.
