Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Discovered 500 Previously Unknown Mesoamerican Sites in Mexico Hidden in Plain Sight Using Laser Technology LiDAR continues to yield fresh archaeological discoveries. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 27, 2021
Archaeology & History Ancient Egyptians Were Embalming Their Dead Dignitaries a Millennium Earlier Than Previously Known, Experts Find One of the oldest mummies ever found is beginning to unwrap his secrets. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 26, 2021
Archaeology & History Boo Who? The World’s Oldest Ghost Drawing May Have Been Found on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet at the British Museum The object is among many early examples curator Irving Finkel has documented that show humans' eternal fascination with the spiritual realm By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 20, 2021
Archaeology & History A Perfectly Preserved 900-Year-Old Crusader Knight’s Sword Was Discovered by a Scuba Diver Off the Israeli Coast The weapon, encrusted with shells, was found with several other objects after underwater currents shifted the sands on the ocean floor By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 20, 2021
Archaeology & History New Archaeological Find in Utah Suggests Humans Have Been Using Tobacco Since the Ice Age Prehistoric peoples may have chewed tobacco seeds around the campfire. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2021
Archaeology & History 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 & History 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 & History 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 & History 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 & History ‘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 & History 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 & History 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 & History 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 & History 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 & History 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
