International Space Station crew carries out first-ever archaeological survey in space
Study finds discrepancies between intended and actual use of certain areas aboard the space station.
Lost Worlds of Arabia
Scientists have unearthed a wealth of new evidence, revealing thousands of years of pre-Islamic human habitation and civilization in a seemingly unforgivable desert land.
‘Screaming Woman’ mummy may have died in agony 3,500 years ago
Egyptian woman was embalmed with costly imported ingredients, suggesting her expression was caused by pain, not poor embalming.
Pushing Back the Timeline on the Earliest Stone Tools
New discoveries in Kenya may be changing long-accepted paradigms on stone toolmaking.
Humans are born to run.
Hunting by endurance pursuit is widespread among humans, new study shows. It is a human ability that may have evolved since prehistoric times.
The Great Maya Tombstone
The elaborate burial of a great king reveals the complexity of ancient Maya spirituality.
Cook like a Neanderthal: Scientists try to replicate ancient butchering methods to learn how Neanderthals ate birds
A pilot study indicates that fire-roasted birds are easier to process, but only birds butchered raw show cutmarks — evidence that we can use to understand Neanderthal diets.
Discoveries in the Shadow of the Step Pyramid
Fascinating new finds have come to light at the Gisr el-Mudir site in ancient Saqqara, Egypt.
Yin, The Lost City of Kings
Decades of excavation and investigation have revealed China’s last magnificent Bronze Age Shang Dynasty capital, the city that gave birth to the Chinese script.
Pompeii skeleton discovery shows another natural disaster may have made Vesuvius eruption even more deadly
Scientists think that skeletons of individuals trapped and killed inside buildings by earthquakes during the 79CE eruption of Vesuvius could provide a more complete history of destruction.
The AlUla Approach to Archaeology
Archaeology at the ancient sites of AlUla is providing a model for the world in community archaeology.
Evidence for butchery of giant armadillo-like mammals in Argentina 21,000 years ago
Tool marks could be among oldest known evidence for human occupation in southern South America.
Traveling Upright: Humanity’s First Global Ancestor
Decades of fossil discoveries have illuminated our understanding of a deep-time human ancestral species that persisted and spread across the globe well more than one million years ago.
