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Archaeology

Banyeres de Mariola, Spain

Museo Torre Font Bona

An archaeological museum squeezed into a narrow 15th-century gate tower accessed only by a spiral staircase.

Pyramid atop the Acropolis.

Chinkultic

The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.

The helmet and headdress of the Bersted Man will be on display for the first time.

Found: A Mysterious Warrior From Late Iron Age England

Some associate him with a real-life Asterix, though less successful in resisting the Romans.

Isaac Schultz July 30, 2019

Tikal, Guatemala

Tikal Temple IV

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

Rock-cut houses.

Montejo de Tiermes, Spain

Tiermes

The ruins of an ancient Celtiberian town with incredible rock-cut buildings and a Roman aqueduct.

Did lard help these megaliths make it to Stonehenge?

Does the Mystery of Stonehenge Involve Pig Fat?

New research says the megaliths may have been dragged to the site with the help of lard.

Jessica Leigh Hester July 17, 2019

Howler monkeys at La Lancha, a lodge near Tikal.

Tikal, Guatemala

Howler Monkeys of Tikal

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

Pukará de Quitor

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

Inside the cave.

Mejillones, Chile

Punta Guaque 01

This hidden pre-Columbian rock art depicts a whale hunt.

Many scuttled boats litter Emerald Bay.

Diving Into the Submerged History of Summer, Lake Tahoe–Style

3D models of sunken boats mean there's lots to explore—even for those who want to stay dry.

Jessica Leigh Hester July 12, 2019

Guangfulin Relics Park.

Shanghai, China

Guangfulin Relics Park

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

The cufflink found at the site of the Brunswick Town tavern.

Found: A Seditious Cufflink From the Colonial Resistance Wardrobe

It holds a semi-secret message of opposition to the king.

Isaac Schultz July 10, 2019

Rathcroghan

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

Williamsburg, Virginia

The Archaearium

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

The 16th-century Bradgate House, in the East Midlands, was one of England's first brick buildings.

Found: The Original Home of England's Doomed '9-Day Queen'

Stone structures beneath Bradgate House may be the real birthplace of Lady Jane Grey.

Jonathan Carey July 1, 2019

African Burial Ground Memorial

New York, New York

African Burial Ground National Monument

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Ruins of Great Kyz Kala fortress at Merv.

Merv, Turkmenistan

Ancient Merv

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

An Australian Research Council team surveys an archaeological site on the southern coast of the island of Seram in 2019.

How Many People Did It Take to First Occupy Australia?

Scientists are looking deeper into how the continent's first people arrived.

Jonathan Carey June 21, 2019