Archaeologists create 3-D interactive digital reconstruction of King Richard III

On the first year anniversary of the week in which King Richard III was reinterred, Leicester archaeologists use sophisticated photogrammetry software to create a fully rotatable computer model showing...

Mon, Mar 21, 2016

Metallic ink used in the Herculaneum scrolls

Mon, Mar 21, 2016

Modern Melanesians have retained Denisovan DNA

Thu, Mar 17, 2016

Popular Archaeology Spring 2016 Issue Released

Tue, Mar 15, 2016

Early human habitat recreated for first time

Pioneering Rutgers scientist helps reconstruct an ancient East African landscape where human ancestors lived 1.8 million years ago.

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

Tiny island deer in Panama hunted to extinction thousands of years ago

Thu, Mar 3, 2016

A newly discovered Anglo-Saxon island

Wed, Mar 2, 2016

Finds reveal how ancient Egyptian and Nubian cultures blended

Study shows how excavations in Sudan reveal the transformation of Egyptian and Nubian culture.

Tue, Mar 1, 2016

Archaeologists investigate early 19th century asylum of old Tasmania

Known today as Willow Court, its remains may yet reveal more about the hard and broken lives of the imported convict laborers of colonial Australia.

Mon, Feb 29, 2016

A Sneak Peek at Coming Issues

Paleolithic humans in the Arctic and the archaeology of the historical Jesus highlight the content of upcoming issues.

Fri, Feb 26, 2016

11,000 year old pendant is earliest known Mesolithic art in Britain

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

Genetics reveal 50,000 years of independent history of aboriginal Australian people

Scientists worked with aboriginal Australian communities to explore heritage.

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

Tel Aviv University discovers fabric collection dating back to Kings David and Solomon

Textiles found at Timna Valley archaeological dig provide a colorful picture of a complex society.

Wed, Feb 24, 2016

Human children and wild great apes share tool use cognition

Study results challenge the notion that tool use, a hallmark of humans and human evolution, requires social learning as a prerequisite.

Tue, Feb 23, 2016

Internal dissension cited as reason for Cahokia’s dissolution

Tue, Feb 23, 2016

Plant biomarkers hint at early human habitat

Scientists reconstruct the environment in which early humans lived nearly 2 million years ago at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

Mon, Feb 22, 2016

Some Iron Age forts in Europe strengthened by friendly fire, suggests study

Fort engineers vitrified their structures by burning them, making them stronger for defense.

Sat, Feb 20, 2016

Study sheds more light on the “hobbit” people

Medical examination of skull shows no support for Homo floresiensis as modern human.

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Prehistoric village links old and new stone ages

Newly-excavated village in the Jordan Valley sheds light on the historical shift from foraging to agriculture, say Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologists.

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Neanderthals mated with modern humans much earlier than previously thought, study finds

First genetic evidence of modern human DNA in a Neanderthal individual.

Wed, Feb 17, 2016