Archaeologists can estimate a person's sex with 95% accuracy, but many experts are focused on what can be learned about humans outside the male/female gender binary. When you purchase through links on ...

While the scientific fields of planetary geology and archaeology don’t initially seem like a natural pairing, their unique methodological and technological overlap provides scientists with a better ...

High in the mountains, where modern hikers see only jagged ridgelines and scrub, archaeologists have quietly mapped a hidden defensive world: 573 ancient fortresses that once controlled passes, ...

An international team of maritime archaeologists races to save the remains of 18th-century shipwrecks on the shores of a river island near the frontline of Russia's war on Ukraine.

Reconstruction of specific events -- The royal tombs of Ur -- Egyptian warriors of the eleventh dynasty -- The venality of Egyptian undertakers -- Violence at Tepe Gawra -- Armed conquest at Tepe ...

When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed something odd: The roots had hoisted two giant ceramic pots above ground. Nobody ...

Experimental archaeology is solving ancient mysteries that digging into dirt never could. Apple Podcasts will only work on MacOS operating systems since Catalina. We do not support Android apps on ...

TIOGA, N.D. Drilling crews are eager to plunge their equipment into the ground. Road builders are ready to start highway projects, and construction workers need to dig. But across the hyperactive oil ...

Students found gold rush artifacts beneath the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office. University of Idaho and Boise State students gained archaeology field school credit. The excavation highlights ...