Archaeology What Did Egyptian Mummies Really Look Like? A Gene-Tech Company Has Unwrapped the Mystery, Creating Hyper-Realistic Portraits The renderings show that ancient Egyptians share many physical traits with modern-day peoples of the Mediterranean and Middle East. By Artnet News, Oct 6, 2021
Archaeology An Ancient Middle Eastern City Destroyed by a Meteor May Have Inspired the Bible’s Tale of Sodom and Gomorrah, a New Study Says Experts have been studying the city's remains for 15 years. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 30, 2021
Archaeology The Oldest Human Footprints in North America Could Redefine Prehistory as We Know It—and It’s All Thanks to These Tiny Seeds The discovery upends what we thought we knew about prehistoric migration from Asia to the Americas. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 24, 2021
Archaeology Thousands of Years Before the Pyramids, Neolithic Peoples Were Carving Camels Into Saudi Arabia’s Rocky Desert Researchers were surprised to learn that camel reliefs discovered in 2018 are actually much older than they thought. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 23, 2021
Archaeology ‘Like Auctioning Off the Sistine Chapel’: An Auction House Sold an Osage Cave Containing Important Prehistoric Art for $2.2 Million The tribe, which had previously tried to buy the land, called the sale “truly heartbreaking.” By Artnet News, Sep 16, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Uncovered Cave Art That’s Way Older Than Any on Record—and It Was Made by Children The extent of the find's significance depends a bit on your definition of art. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 16, 2021
Archaeology Conservationists Will Repair Stonehenge’s Cracked and Toppled Stones in Its First Restoration in Decades Scaffolding went up at the iconic site yesterday. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 15, 2021
Archaeology See the Stunning Trove of Iron Age Gold Discovered by a Rookie Metal Detectorist Now on View in a Danish Museum The gold predates the Viking era. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 7, 2021
Archaeology Archeologists Find the Hidden Original Form of Arthur’s Stone, an Ancient Structure That Inspired the ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ Evidence now suggests the rock structure was symbolically connected to recently discovered 'houses of the dead.' By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 1, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists in Russia Have Uncovered the Copper Age Tomb of an ‘Amber Man’ Painted in Ocher Upon His Death The cache was unearthed on the shores of Europe's second-largest lake. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 26, 2021
Archaeology Best Friends Forever: Archaeologists Have Exhumed Two Hugging Skeletons at an Ancient Burial Site in China The couple likely lived during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534), a politically turbulent time. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 23, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists in England Unearthed a Long-Lost Monastery Presided Over by a Powerful Anglo-Saxon Queen Queen Cynethryth led the monastery after her husband's death. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 20, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Discovered a Partially Mummified Skeleton That Proves Greek Theater Was Thriving in Roman Pompeii The tomb belonged to a formerly enslaved man named Marcus Venerius Secundio. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 17, 2021
Archaeology Scientists Have Conducted Tests That Reveal Stonehenge Is Made From a Nearly Indestructible Ancient Material A rare core sample, removed years ago, contains a form of quartz that doesn't erode or crumble. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 13, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Uncovered a Terrifying Relic Suggesting That Ancient Romans Fed Their Captives to Lions All Over Europe It's the first evidence that lions were used in Roman executions in Britain. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 11, 2021
