The Remarkable Skulls of Drimolen
Paleoanthropologist Stephanie Baker relates the amazing discovery of the world's oldest known Homo erectus, an early human ancestor.
Farmers and Warriors
Researchers suggest how the development of agriculture shaped cooperation, competition and conflict among ancient Native American populations.
The Jesus Family Tomb
The discoveries that rocked Christian scholarship.
Return to Shanidar
Scientists are opening a new chapter on Neanderthals at the famous Shanidar Cave near the northern edge of Iraq.
Moundbuilders, B.C.
Centuries before the construction of the pyramids of Egypt and the Stonehenge circle in England, ancient people began creating massive monumental earthworks in North America.
New Revelations at Lachish
Remarkable finds at Tel Lachish in Israel are shedding new light on the ancient Canaanites.
Uncovering the Early Mycenaeans
Excavations of princely tombs are shedding new light on a formative time before the high florescence of the Mycenaean civilization.
Rewriting Prehistory at Stélida
Archaeologists are digging up new clues about ancient toolmakers who quarried on an island hill in the Aegean Sea 200,000 years ago.
The Stepped Street of Pontius Pilate
Recent excavations in Jerusalem have uncovered more evidence that the infamous Roman prefect left a lasting visible mark on the city he governed at the time of Jesus.
Chichén Itzá’s Shadows
A great center of the ancient Maya provides a window on the soul of an ancient people and the mysteries it still enshrines.
The North Side Story
In the high plateaus of eastern Algeria, some of the earliest evidence for human stone tool-making is emerging.
Early Americans, Part 1: Artifacts
Part 1 of an anthology of articles focusing on the findings that are informing a new paradigm about the early settling of the Americas.
Early Americans, Part 2: Bones
Fossil evidence bearing on the earliest peopling of the Americas.
Technology One
Scientists are on the trail of discovering the earliest stone tools made by human ancestors in Africa.
1619: Archaeology and the Seeds of a Nation
Archaeological excavations at Jamestown in Virginia have yielded new material finds related to the Western Hemisphere’s first representative government, and the beginnings of slavery in the British colonies.
The First Siberians
Denisova Cave has yielded remarkable new implications and new questions about early humans in Asia.
Hidden Majesty: The Lost Grave of Richard III
Writing for young readers, author Laura Scandiffio relates the detailed story about the remarkable burial discovery of King Richard III and what it says about the real king, beyond...
The Milpa Way
A filmmaker explores how Maya forest gardeners are shedding new light on the ancient Maya collapse.
Revealing Barara: The Long-Lost African Medieval City
Scholars on the ground claim to have finally discovered remains of the legendary Holy Grail of medieval cities in present-day Ethiopia.
Unearthing the Secrets of Smith Creek
Excavations are beginning to reveal the evolution of a pre-Columbian mound-builder site in Mississippi.
