Archaeology The Ancient City of Angkor Wat Had a Population Larger Than Modern-Day Boston, According to New Archaeological Research Using LiDAR and machine learning, archaeologists estimate the population in the Greater Angkor Region may have hit 900,000. By Sarah Cascone, May 10, 2021
Law It May Have Been Kanye West—Not Kim Kardashian—Who Bought an Allegedly Looted Ancient Roman Sculpture From Italy Kardashian says she's never even seen the centuries-old sculpture. By Taylor Dafoe, May 10, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered the Oldest Human Burial in Africa, Offering Clues About How Early Humans Regarded Death Archaeologists have named the child Mtoto. By Sarah Cascone, May 6, 2021
Archaeology Engineers Will Reconstruct the Colosseum’s Arena Floor, Allowing Visitors to Stand (and Take Selfies) Where Gladiators Once Fought The Colosseum hasn't had a floor since 19th-century excavations unearthed a network of tunnels and chambers underneath the arena. By Sarah Cascone, May 3, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Identified the Only Known Example of a Pregnant Mummy Call her an expectant mummy. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 30, 2021
Archaeology Saudia Arabia Reveals Its $15 Billion Masterplan to Turn the Ancient City of AlUla Into a Global Culture Hub The government hopes to build museums to turn the city into a major tourism destination. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 30, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered 110 Tombs From Three Different Eras of Ancient Egyptian History in the Nile Delta Scholars are now trying to determine whether and how the people of one period absorbed the traditions of another. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 30, 2021
Archaeology Dozens of Angry Archaeologists Say a Planned Renovation of the Acropolis Will Degrade the World Heritage Site The planned work will conceal and devalue the site, they say. By Artnet News, Apr 28, 2021
Archaeology Early Humans Lived in This South African Cave 2 Million Years Ago, Making It the World’s Oldest Home, Archaeologists Say See photos of Wonderwerk Cave here. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 27, 2021
Archaeology Researchers Have Uncovered Yet Another Secret of the Dead Sea Scrolls, This Time Using Artificial Intelligence The scrolls, it seems, were written by two different hands. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 22, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Just Launched a Science and Pop Culture Department, Citing Growing Hunger for Dinosaur Bones and Space Suits Sotheby's new division will be helmed by Cassandra Hatton, a former books and manuscript specialist with omnivorous taste. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2021
Museums The University of Pennsylvania Will Restitute a Group of Human Skulls Once Used to Propagate White Supremacist Theories Some 1,300 skulls are included in the Penn Museum’s Morton Collection, named after the Philadelphia physician who amassed them. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 13, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered the Lost Pleasure City of Luxor, Long Fabled as the ‘Egyptian Pompeii,’ Stunningly Preserved in Time The city dates to the reign of Amenhotep III, King Tut's grandfather. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 9, 2021
Archaeology An Amateur Anthropologist Found a 17th-Century Coin That May Solve the Mystery of an Infamous Pirate Heist Experts are in the midst of examining the coin trove—but so far, evidence suggests that the novice's theory is correct. By Artnet News, Apr 6, 2021
Archaeology Egypt Just Held an Astonishing, Real-Life Mummy Parade Though the Streets of Cairo to Celebrate the Opening of a New Museum—See Photos Here The mummies were transported in oxygen-free nitrogen capsules. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 5, 2021
