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.
African Treasure
Priceless artifacts from Africa tell a story of culture and colonialism.
Marxism, Analogy, and Poststructural Theories in Classical Archaeology
An Academic Essay
Uncovering the Early Mycenaeans
Excavations of princely tombs are shedding new light on a formative time before the high florescence of the Mycenaean civilization.
Stela 14: Unlocking the Maya Script
A young woman from Russia made history at the ancient Maya site of Piedras Negras.
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.
Becoming a Scribe
On Aspects of Education and Apprenticeship in Ancient Mesopotamia
A New Home for a Sphinx
The move of the massive Sphinx of Ramses II to its new home is one of many changes coming to the Penn Museum in the Fall of 2019.
James Mellaart: Pioneer…..and Forger
One of the greatest scholars of Anatolian archaeology also had a problem with the truth.
Aksum’s Hidden Heritage
Collapsing Monuments and Mishandled Treasures: Ancient Aksum’s Emerging Heritage Crises vs Tourism’s True Promise
Technology One
Scientists are on the trail of discovering the earliest stone tools made by human ancestors in Africa.
Nefertari’s Tomb
The ancient Egyptian tomb of this queen easily rivals those of any of the great pharaohs — even that of her husband, Ramesses the Great.
