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.
The Siege of Masada
The history and the archaeology behind the famous Roman siege of the Jewish rebels at the mountaintop fortress of Masada.
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.
Early Settlement of the Sahara
An archaeologist summarizes the major discoveries shedding light on a prehistoric human presence in the Sahara.
Revealing Early Bronze Age Village Life at Tel Yaqush
A new excavation in Israel’s Jordan Valley is shedding new light on a rural community that flourished at a time when urbanization was taking root in the southern Levant.
The Archaeology of Rock-Art
The author relates the role rock-art has played in communicating the human story and spirit.
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...
