Archaeology is a field of study that draws on many scientific disciplines, from the natural sciences, such as geology and botany to modern technologies like global positioning systems, magnetometry ...

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The waters of Lake Issyk-Kul have hidden an important Silk Road city ever since an earthquake shifted the region’s landscape.

Napoleon Bonaparte brought engineers, architects, and scientists when he invaded Egypt. In three stages, these "savants" meticulously illustrated the ruins of ancient Egypt. Their scientific approach ...

Beneath the quiet hum of a northern European town lies a secret: an entire city, lost to time, preserved beneath modern ...

There has been quite a lot of discussion recently about what makes America great. Some think we have lost a measure of our greatness and look to the past for a sense of what it might take to make us ...

Jawbone from 177 to 194 thousand years ago discovered in Misliya cave in Israel A jawbone complete with teeth recently discovered at Israel’s Misliya cave, on the western slopes of Mount Carmel, has ...

At the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the archaeology department has over 1 million artifacts from all over the ...

If it hadn’t been for a catalog essay by the curators of the fine new exhibition at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, I might not have connected their subject with ...

Archaeological excavations at the heart of London's political power have revealed remarkable prehistoric tools, medieval treasures, and architectural remains spanning six millennia beneath the Palace ...

A mong the hilly forests of southern China, scientists have discovered the largest modern meteorite impact crater on Earth. Dubbed the Jinlin crater, the giant pitted scar could become an invaluable ...

A colleague just dropped an academic article titled "Ancient beer and modern brewers" on my desk, culled from a recent issue of Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. (I love working with nerds...I ...