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Archaeology

Researchers found the remains of the frontal skulls of 35 large game animals in Des-Cubierta cave near Madrid, Spain.

Did Neanderthals Collect Impressive Animal Skulls?

Researchers found something "very strange" in a Spanish cave.

Alyssa McMurtry March 16, 2023

Big Foot petroglyph, with standing figure to right. The Big Foot is literally a representation of a bare human footprint, not the storied cryptid.

Clark County, Nevada

Black Butte Petroglyph Trail

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

One of the Bronze Age burial mounts on Krejansberget

Siuntio, Finland

Krejansberget Bronze Age Burial Site

These large stone piles are ancient burial sites.

Wonder Is Everywhere: Civil War Gold, a New Moai, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White March 1, 2023

For decades, the nonprofit Diving With a Purpose has trained young Black men, women and teenagers in maritime archaeology methods.

The Hunt for an Elusive Florida Shipwreck That Killed 41 Enslaved People

Searching for the slave ship Guerrero, the nonprofit Diving With a Purpose has also trained scores of young Black men and women to find and tell stories once lost to the waves.

Karuna Eberl February 27, 2023

The "Ode to the Ancestors" exhibit features 28 previously unseen archival photograph, including this one, circa 1940, of the ruins of Gedi, the first ancient monument to be excavated in East Africa.

museums and collections

The Forgotten Kenyans Who Excavated Ancient Monuments

A new exhibition celebrates the African archaeologists and excavators omitted from historical records.

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing February 24, 2023

Navarino Island, in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the southern tip of South America, where people have thrived since the end of the last ice age. Archaeologists scouring the landscape are bringing the past to life—and it’s richer and more complex than has been imagined.

The Rise of the Yaghan, Indigenous People of Tierra del Fuego Once Declared 'Extinct'

Long relegated to historical oblivion, this reinvigorated community is now pursuing deeper stories about their ancestors.

Jude Isabella February 21, 2023

A 1902 illustration of battling dryptosaurs.

Wonder Is Everywhere: Lost Dinosaurs, 5,000-Year-Old Leftovers, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White February 15, 2023

Pure 100-percent cacao is bitter and only slightly sweet.

The Surprisingly Sacred Roots of Chocolate

Among the Maya, cacao has served as a powerful symbol from womb to tomb.

Sam O'Brien February 14, 2023

Archeoplastica founder, naturalist, and guide Enzo Suma has collected old plastics from Italian beaches to illustrate how long this waste survives in the ocean.

The 'Archaeology' of Plastics Is an Exercise in Nostalgia and Dread

An Italian naturalist and guide has turned beach trash and memory into a commentary on our age.

Alessio Perrone February 8, 2023

Carving

Stuttgart, Germany

Cataphract Funerary Monument

A funerary monument for two brothers who served in the Roman cavalry.

The House of the Vettii, one of the most important historical sites in Pompeii, opened to the public in 2023 after 20 years of work to restore its frescos and the mansion itself.

Revealing the Risqué Art of Pompeii’s House of the Vettii

Inside the two-decade-long effort to restore the mansion’s colorful frescos.

Amy Crawford February 7, 2023

Built sometime around the sixth or seventh century, this ring fort is tucked between hills and farms in a remote corner of northwestern Ireland.

What Is a Fairy Fort?

In Ireland, fears about disturbing the fair folk have saved thousands of these mysterious ancient structures.

Sarah Durn February 2, 2023

Rimrock, Arizona

Montezuma Well

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

During the last ice age, people moved across Beringia, a massive landform connecting Asia and North America. Seasonal hunters left behind a trove of valuable evidence of their presence at the northern Canadian site known as the Bluefish Caves.

Investigating Ice Age America’s Ancient Abattoir

Scientists know people were in Yukon 24,000 years ago. But what were they doing there?

Devon Bidal January 30, 2023

Campobello di Mazara, Italy

Cave of Cusa

The ancient Greeks abandoned this quarry to escape Hannibal's devastating invasion.

Did Ancient Egypt Have a Pigeon Problem?

More than 3,000 years ago, the birds appeared in unexpected places.

Shoshi Parks January 25, 2023

Miramar, Mexico

Quiahuiztlán

The site where the Spanish first landed in Mexico was once a thriving Mesoamerican city.