Getting to Know Them: The Neanderthal Heritage
A ‘golden age’ of research has enlightened scientists and the general public alike about who the Neanderthals really were.
The Red Queen of Palenque
The archaeology and the story: The critical role a great Maya queen, and women generally, played in Maya society.
The Ten Tombs
A renowned scholar shares his perspective and research on fascinating tombs and finds bearing on the historical Jesus and his times.
Beyond the Aegean: exploring ancient mobility in western Anatolia
Mobility and change between ancient western Anatolia and the eastern Aegean was a complex and impactful process, says this scholar.
Return to Meadowcroft
Over 50 years after excavation began at Meadowcroft rockshelter, it still ranks among the most remarkable sites of early human habitation in the Americas: an interview with archaeologist James...
Lost Worlds of Arabia 2
THE UPDATE: 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.
The City Under The Museum: A Pictorial
An excavated plot preserved beneath the Acropolis Museum in Athens has revealed remarkable ancient remains of a large urban community.
Warriors of the Clouds: Kuélap, a Chachapoya Citadel
High in the Andes mountains, before the Inca, a remarkable ancient culture thrived in northern Peru.
Ancient Magnificence: A Photographic Journey through Ancient Akrotiri
A walk through the incredible remains of Akrotiri, Greece's Bronze Age Pompeii.
The Once and Future Cataclysm: A Pictorial
The archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and much more, are once again under the threat of a fiery volcanic fury.
The Watery Wonders of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome's mighty engineers excelled in one of the great architectural wonders of the world: the aqueduct.
Pushing Back the Timeline on the Earliest Stone Tools
New discoveries in Kenya may be changing long-accepted paradigms on stone toolmaking.
Laetoli 2: The Unfolding Story
A NEW UPDATE: 3.66-million-year-old footprint finds at the iconic hominin site of Laetoli may be changing what we know about ancient human-related ancestors.
The Update: Trackways of Otero 2
The latest unequivocal evidence of a human presence more than 20,000 years ago in present-day New Mexico may help confirm a changing paradigm on the early settling of the...
Revealing a Medieval City in the Land of Fire
Archaeologists are unearthing the remains of medieval Agsu City in Azerbaijan.
The Forgotten City
This lesser-known ancient Aegean Bronze Age center figured large in the world of its time.
The Great Maya Tombstone
The elaborate burial of a great king reveals the complexity of ancient Maya spirituality.
Ancient European Wayfinders: The Minoans Who Sailed By The Stars
A study suggests the ancient Minoans became a powerful trading civilization at least in part because of their knowledge of celestial navigation techniques.
