Archaeology

More Stories in Archaeology

  1. Archaeology

    A race to save Indigenous trails may change the face of archaeology

    As construction of a pipeline nears, an effort to preserve an Indigenous trail in Canada tests whether heritage management can keep up with advances in archaeology.

    By Sujata Gupta
  2. Archaeology

    Silk Road cities reached surprising heights in Central Asia’s mountains

    Drones with lasers revealed hidden urban centers that may have aided trade and travel through mountainous regions during medieval times.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Archaeology

    Ancient Scythians had cultural roots in Siberia

    A possible sacrificial ritual from around 2,800 years ago suggests mounted herders from Siberia shaped a Eurasian culture thousands of kilometers away.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Archaeology

    The world’s oldest cheese is now revealing some of its secrets

    A DNA analysis of the kefir cheese, first found about 20 years ago on 3,600-year-old mummies in China, confirms its age and pinpoints its origins.

    By Sophie Hartley
  5. Anthropology

    Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing

    Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Archaeology

    Stonehenge’s mysterious Altar Stone had roots in Scotland

    New analyses indicate that this weighty piece of the site’s architecture, once thought to come from Wales, was somehow moved at least 750 kilometers.

    By Bruce Bower
  7. Archaeology

    Was Egypt’s first pyramid built with hydraulics? The theory may hold water

    A controversial analysis contends that ancient engineers designed a water-powered elevator to hoist stones for King Djoser’s pyramid.

    By Bruce Bower
  8. Archaeology

    Ancient Egyptian scribes’ work left its mark on their skeletons

    Years of hunching over, chewing pens and gripping brushes left the skeletons of Egyptian scribes with telltale marks of arthritis and other damage.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Archaeology

    A lost civilization’s partial alphabet was discovered in a social media post

    In online images of an ancient tablet, an expert spotted previously unnoticed letters — a partial alphabet from the Tartessian civilization.

    By Javier Barbuzano