Every year we’re fortunate to glean new insights about the history of the world’s people through archaeologists. These experts dig up new finds—and thus, new findings—which shakeup what is known about ...
Long before satellites and sonar, entire cities vanished beneath water—some swallowed by earthquakes, others slowly erased by the sea. For centuries, their remains lay hidden, half-remembered in texts ...
Recent archaeological discoveries have unveiled evidence of a once-thriving island empire that was previously unknown to modern historians. The findings have left archaeologists worldwide astounded, ...
A new collagen fingerprinting tool can help scientists identify species from archaeological bone fragments. Pacific islanders of the late Stone Age, also known as the Neolithic period, were master ...
A recent archaeological excavation in Switzerland turned morbid when historians came across a trove of infant burials dating back to Ancient Rome. The excavation began last May in order to make way ...
In the popular imagination, life at Pompeii came to an abrupt and violent end after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Its pristine frescoes, well-preserved buildings, and petrified bodies seem ...
A student from the Sunshine State recently struck gold during an archaeological excavation in Britain – over 4,000 miles from home. Yara Souza of Orlando, Florida, discovered the ninth-century golden ...
WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA—According to a statement released by The College of William & Mary, recent archaeological work revealed the foundations of the eighteenth-century Williamsburg Bray School, one ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — SUNY New Paltz anthropology students involved in a recent archaeological dig at the Pine Street African Burial Ground showcased their findings — from cultural artifacts to human ...
Preservation of archaeological sites is a much publicised subject in Sri Lanka, and a considerable amount of money has been ...
Tephrochronology is a powerful method through which sedimentary successions can be dated and synchronized via geochemical and geochronological ...
Professor Will Taylor receives an NSF CAREER Award for his research project “Understanding Animal Domestication and Human-Environmental Relationships.” Taylor’s research aims to understand animal ...