Paranthropus and the Greatest Whodunit of All Time
Our robust Paranthropus cousins thrived in Africa for a million and a half years, making stone tools and sharing the landscape with different Homo species at the dawn of...
A Scholar’s Quest to Find the Ancestral People of the Most Influential Language on Earth
Who and where were the Proto-Indo-Europeans? Almost 450 languages spoken by 4 billion people descend from their tongue—and J.P. Mallory has been on a life-long journey to reconstruct their...
The Trojan War, Mycenaeans, and an ancient Treasure in Los Angeles
Rare and priceless artifacts tell a compelling story of ancient Greek royal families and warrior elites.
The Raucus Roman Forum
The ancient Roman Forum was a happening place in its day.
The Breath of the Underworld: The Last Rite in Hierapolis
A dramatic retelling of a sacred, mystical event of ancient Anatolia.
Pioneering Archaeology in the Middle Mekong Basin: An Interview with Dr. Joyce White, University of Pennsylvania
A pioneering University of Pennsylvania archaeologist speaks about two major projects in Southeast Asia.
The Fall of Cusco
The cost in lives of the “war of the brothers” followed by the battle of Cusco was dreadful and wrecked Inca and other Peruvian cultures.
The Multi-Million-Year Path to Becoming Human—Are We Actually There Yet?
A conversation with the legendary evolutionary thinker and archaeologist, Eudald Carbonell.
