Small settlements and the scourge of slavery left gaps in Africa's archaeological record. Yet sites and artifacts are ...

Archaeology’s stories share one distinctive trait—they rest on the close investigation of archaeological evidence—of the things, in short, that we leave behind. Archaeology magazine has been published ...

“A bunch of beardies rooting around with trowels. On the lookout for shinbones and such. It’ll be knockout.” There will have been naysayers at the meeting when they first pitched the idea for a series ...

Are hieroglyphs really as indecipherable as they look? Here is a primer on how to start interpreting these ancient motifs.

After a century of digging, archaeologists are still tantalized by the secrets of the 7,000-year-old city of Megiddo. By Andrew Robinson.

The study shows how the archaeology of smell can enrich our understanding of the past — and perhaps make museum visits more immersive.

Mirabile dictu, as the Romans no doubt said when they dug up three wooden crosses under a temple of Venus in Jerusalem, thus inventing archaeology. Hence what might be considered overdue: a telly ...

Take a virtual reality tour through rediscovered cities and see archaeological sites as their inhabitants saw them centuries ago. Secrets of Archaeology Season 1 aired on January 1st, 2003.

Secrets of the Catacombs Letter from Rome January/February 2024 By Sara Toth Stub A subterranean necropolis offers archaeologists a rare glimpse of the city’s early Jewish community ...

Archaeologists uncover a vast temple site that reshapes what we know about one of South America’s great lost cultures.

Meet our features for She Digs, a column featuring some of our favorite women in the archaeology field. Ayana Omilade Flewellen A Miami native with ...