An Archeological Dig in Michigan Turns Up Some Surprising Artifacts
Archeologists have found a small mountain of artifacts buried in a farm field that show the presence of some of the first peoples to inhabit the Americas.
King Tut Mysteries Endure 100 Years after Discovery
A century after archaeologist Howard Carter’s momentous discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, questions and controversy still swirl around Egypt’s most famous king
Climate Change Is Adding Urgency to Archaeology
Scientists say drought and other climate change impacts are undermining their ability to protect and document important sites before they degrade or disappear
Rare Baby Mummy Identified as Austrian Noble
Researchers have identified a rare baby mummy as the firstborn son of a count of Austria, and rickets may have led to the child’s death
Desecrated Human Skulls Are Being Sold on Social Media in U.K.’s Unregulated Bone Trade
The human remains trade is thriving on Facebook and Instagram
Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power
Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic
Prehistoric Child’s Amputation Is Oldest Surgery of Its Kind
A skeleton missing its lower left leg and dated to 31,000 years ago provides the earliest known evidence for surgical limb removal
How Humans’ Ability to Digest Milk Evolved from Famine and Disease
A landmark study is the first major effort to quantify how lactose tolerance developed
Ancient Women’s Teeth Reveal Origins of 14th-Century Black Death
A medieval cemetery yields DNA evidence of the deadly pandemic bacterium’s Central Asian ancestor
Jerusalem Archaeology Modernizes but Runs into Ancient Problems
A new generation of scholars working in the Holy Land remain haunted by scripture and riven by modern politics
Space Archaeology Takes Off
An International Space Station project is “one small step” for off-world fieldwork
Anthropology Association Apologizes to Native Americans for the Field’s Legacy of Harm
For decades anthropologists exploited Indigenous peoples in the name of science. Now they are reckoning with that history