Archaeology
- Archaeology
Underground mega-monument found near Stonehenge
Archaeologists used high-tech tools to uncover ancient underground pits near Stonehenge. The find may offer insights into Britain’s Stone Age culture.
- Archaeology
Scientists Say: Archaeology
People leave things where they’ve been — old buildings, trash heaps and human skeletons. Archaeology is the study of those left-behind things.
- Archaeology
Let’s learn about mummies
A mummy is a preserved body. They’re fun and spooky, but also a great chance to learn about people of the past.
- Archaeology
This cave hosted the oldest known human remains in Europe
Bone fragments, tools and other finds in Bulgaria suggest that Homo sapiens moved rapidly into Eurasia as early as 46,000 years ago.
- Archaeology
3-D printing helps resurrect an ancient Egyptian mummy’s voice
A 3-D printed mold of a mummy’s vocal tract reveals what the mummy may sound like today.
- Archaeology
Ancient Egyptian mummy tattoos come to light
A range of markings discovered on female mummies are challenging ideas about tattoo traditions in ancient Egypt.
- Archaeology
Scientists Say: Mummy
Mummies are dead bodies that don’t rot. They can form under natural conditions or because of chemicals that stop decay.
- Humans
DNA reveals clues to the Siberian ancestors of the first Americans
Researchers discovered a previously unknown population of Ice Age people who crossed the Asia-North America land bridge.
- Humans
New forensic technique may better gauge age at death
An 18-year-old student from Ackworth, England, has come up with a better way to estimate the age at death for many human remains. It needs only a CT scan of the skull.
- Archaeology
Fossils from a Philippine cave may come from a new human-like species
Ancient fossils from a Philippine cave may come from a new human-like species, which scientists have dubbed Homo luzonensis.
- Archaeology
Rising seas threaten thousands of world cultural sites
Sea level rise threatens many thousands of cultural and archeological sites around the world.
- Archaeology
Fossils hint ancient humans passed through a green Arabia
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, migrating humans passed through the Arabian Peninsula, a study shows. Instead of desert, they found green grass.
