Popular Archeology

Book Review: Aegean Linear Script(s): Rethinking the Relationship between Linear A and Linear B

A REVIEW: In her book, Dr. Ester Salgarella makes the case for significantly narrowing the relationship gap between Linear A, the script identified with the ancient Minoans, and Linear...

Tue, Jul 6, 2021

Deciphering the Minoans

A brilliant pioneering scholar is paving a path that may eventually help crack Linear A, the ancient script of the Minoan civilization.

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

The Moses Scroll: Fake or Real?

Some scholars are now questioning the 136-year-old forgery verdict of a remarkable but controversial ancient document.

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

Female Pharaohs, Political Power & the Glories of Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Kara Cooney

In this second installment of the Popular Archaeology Anniversary Issue, author and teacher Richard Marranca interviews Dr. Kara Cooney, the popular American Egyptologist perhaps best known for hosting television...

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

Through Pilgrim Eyes: The Creation of Significance

A great monastic dynasty, little known to most, opens a window to understanding Ethiopia’s cultural past, and this country’s profound place in world history.

Thu, Apr 15, 2021

Tutankhamun, Nefertiti, and Akhenaten

AN INTERVIEW WITH EGYPTOLOGIST DR. KARA COONEY

Fri, Jan 15, 2021

A Few Words About Mummies

AN INTERVIEW WITH RENOWNED EGYPTOLOGIST AND MUMMY EXPERT DR. SALIMA IKRAM.

Fri, Jan 15, 2021

Burning the Maya Books: The 1562 Tragedy at Mani

Retelling a horrific story of the devastating collision of a Franciscan friar’s “act of faith” and traditional indigenous culture.

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

The Shaman’s World

Extending far into human prehistory, the shaman has played a major role in the psyche for survival and our perception of the world around us.

Tue, Jul 14, 2020

Marxism, Analogy, and Poststructural Theories in Classical Archaeology

An Academic Essay

Fri, Apr 10, 2020

James Mellaart: Pioneer…..and Forger

One of the greatest scholars of Anatolian archaeology also had a problem with the truth.

Fri, Oct 11, 2019

Aksum’s Hidden Heritage

Collapsing Monuments and Mishandled Treasures: Ancient Aksum’s Emerging Heritage Crises vs Tourism’s True Promise

Fri, Oct 11, 2019

The Hidden Celestial Sanctuary of the Hittites

A re-investigation of the enigmatic monumental rock-cut sanctuary suggests a new interpretation of the ancient site.

Wed, Jun 19, 2019

The Milpa Way

A filmmaker explores how Maya forest gardeners are shedding new light on the ancient Maya collapse.

Wed, Apr 10, 2019

The Fall of Babylon: A Reassessment

The author's perspective on what and who sealed the fate of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

Wed, Apr 10, 2019

Ground-Truthing History at Jamestown

In his latest book, author and archaeologist William Kelso explains how archaeology has changed the face of history at the site of America’s first permanent English colony.

Wed, Dec 13, 2017

Wanted: A Remarkable Piece of History

The founding and flourishing of the ancient Syrian city of Apamea is depicted on a Roman mosaic, now missing and wanted by INTERPOL.

Tue, Sep 12, 2017

Antonia: The Fortress Jerusalem Forgot

A controversial theory challenges long-held tradition and scholarship on the Fortress of Antonia, with game-changing implications for the location of the Jerusalem temple of biblical times.

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

The Exodus: Myth or History?

In this Viewpoints interview by Ryan Cochrane, one scholar relates his controversial 'New Chronology' and how it supports the historicity of the biblical Exodus.

Mon, Mar 16, 2015