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.
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time
A new book and exhibition tell the story of medieval Saharan Africa and how it made history.
Church and State in Late Roman Antiquity
If you think you understand the politics of ‘church and state’ relations, then you may not understand the nature of Christianity in ancient Rome.
The Fall of Babylon: A Reassessment
The author's perspective on what and who sealed the fate of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Unearthing the Secrets of Smith Creek
Excavations are beginning to reveal the evolution of a pre-Columbian mound-builder site in Mississippi.
Spirit Cave: The World’s Oldest Natural Mummy
The discovery and study of a mummy found in a Nevada cave, and other recent revelations, have shed remarkable new light on the pre-Columbian peopling of the Americas.
Crossing the Timor
A group of modern seafarers are testing the hypothesis that prehistoric mariners were the ancestors of Oceania’s populations.
Thor Heyerdahl and the Theory of the Archaeological Raft
Author P.J. CAPELOTTI summarizes how experimental archaeology has shed light on our understanding of the role of ancient maritime technology in the global human journey.
The Hohokam: Canal Masters of the American Southwest
Before the arrival of the Spanish, a Native American culture of the American Southwest built a flourishing civilization with a sophisticated irrigation system that rivaled the ancient Roman aqueducts.
A Mummy in Providence
Rhode Island's resident Egyptian mummy is restored to his coffin home.
The Last Neanderthals
Where and how did the Neanderthals journey into extinction?
The Golden Rhinoceros
Remarkable burial finds testified to a powerful medieval kingdom in what is present-day South Africa.
Straws that Bind
What do ancient drinking straws say about communal ceremony and civilization?
One Small Arabian Finger Bone
A rare Pleistocene human fossil find in Saudi Arabia has global implications for human prehistory.
Editor’s Pick: The Best of the Best
Here are the most fascinating stories ever published in Popular Archaeology — the Editor’s specially selected reruns.
Olorgesailie
New findings and new implications for understanding human evolution.
Digging the Roots of American Slavery
Archaeologists are uncovering the world in which the first African slaves emerged in English colonial America.
Our Fractured African Roots
Humans did not stem from a single ancestral population in one region of Africa, suggests this study.
The Hensbacka culture group and regional migrations 12,000 years ago
How environmental conditions impacted early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in Sweden
A Decade of Discovery: The Tandy Excavations at Tel Gezer
A preliminary summary report of the excavations of a city that, according to the biblical account, was fortified by King Solomon during the time of the United Monarchy of...
