Modeling Ancient Maya Landscapes
How LiDAR technology and traditional knowledge are converging to reveal the extent and complexity of ancient Maya settlement at El Pilar.
Heritage at Risk
Global warming challenges archaeologists to race to document and preserve at-risk heritage sites in the southeastern U.S. before they disappear forever.
The Mystery of the Tumuli
Over 400 mounds on New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific may mark a human presence predating the current earliest generally accepted dates by thousands of years.
The Archaeology of Rock-Art
The author relates the role rock-art has played in communicating the human story and spirit.
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 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.
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...
Using LiDAR at El Pilar
Well before the recent media reports about the amazing discoveries of ancient Maya remains in Guatemala using laser technology, another team of pioneering scientists had already made equivalent discoveries...
Khirbet Qeiyafa, the Biblical Tradition and King David
Author and excavation director Yosef Garfinkel summarizes the remarkable findings and implications from his excavation of an ancient early 10th century fortified city in Israel.
Inside the Lost Grottoes of Maijishan
Experts and Chinese officials are on a mission to preserve one of the world’s most magnificent yet least-known cultural treasures for posterity.
Go Now to Shiloh
Archaeologists are beginning to shed renewed light on an ancient site -- where, according to the biblical account, the tabernacle for the Ark of the Covenant may have once...
Adapting PlanGrid to Archaeology
A Field Report of the Tel Burna Archaeological Project’s Digital Recording System
The Lost Cities of Ethiopia
Archaeologists and scholars crack the code of the historic Fra Mauro map to find long lost medieval cities in Ethiopia.
The Legionary Base of the Roman Sixth Ferrata Legion at Legio, Israel
Remains of walls, barracks and artifacts testify to a major 2nd-3rd century CE Roman military presence near ancient Megiddo, Israel.
Tel Burna: An Ancient Judean Stronghold
Archaeologists are uncovering evidence of a fortified settlement in the borderland between the kingdoms of ancient Judah and the Philistines.
Canaanites and Israelites at Tel ‘Eton, Israel
Archaeologists uncover what may have been an administrative center of ancient Judah.
A Field Report: Preclassic Xnoha
Excavations in 2014 by the Maya Research Program at the ancient Maya site of Xno'ha uncovered Late Preclassic period finds.
Unearthing the City of Agamemnon
The Survey and Excavation of the Lower Town of Mycenae
