archaeology

Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan

5:03am October 16, 2024

The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say they've found a remarkable 12 complete skeletons in a hidden tomb beneath it.

The world's oldest solar calendar may have been unearthed in Turkey

8:01pm August 11, 2024

by Rebecca Rosman

Researchers say an ancient calendar discovered in southern Turkey may also memorialize a devastating comet strike that hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago.

Arts

Centuries-old cherries were found at George Washington's home. What can they tell us?

5:10am June 20, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Archaeologists unearthed 35 bottles of cherries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 250-year-old fruits, many still intact, can shed new light on those who lived and worked there.

A 3D model of a short section of the stone wall. The scale at the bottom of the image measures 50 cm.

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Scientists scanning the seafloor discover a long-lost Stone Age 'megastructure'

10:21am February 22, 2024

by Ari Daniel

The more than half mile long wall, called the Blinkerwall, was likely used by Stone Age hunter-gatherers to herd reindeer toward a shooting blind.

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The dodecahedron was found fully intact and in excellent condition.

Amateur archaeologists uncover a mysterious ancient Roman artifact in England

12:01pm January 24, 2024

by Diba Mohtasham

More than 100 of these artifacts have been found across Europe, but no one knows what they were used for. This dodecahedron was discovered fully intact and in excellent condition.

Scientists studying fossil human footprints in New Mexico say their age implies that humans arrived in North America earlier than thought.

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Fossil footprints in New Mexico suggest humans have been here longer than we thought

5:00am October 07, 2023

by Alice Fordham

A new study of fossil footprints in White Sands National Park bolsters the argument that humans may have lived in North America longer than thought.

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Construction is afoot at Guédelon castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages.

In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way

10:27am October 01, 2023

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included.

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Archaeologists dug into a riverbank in Zambia and uncovered what they call the earliest known wood construction by humans. The half-million year-old artifacts could change how we see Stone-Age people.

World's oldest wooden structure defies Stone-Age stereotypes

3:30pm September 22, 2023

by Gabriel Spitzer

Archaeologists dug into a riverbank in Zambia and uncovered what they call the earliest known wood construction by humans. The half-million year-old artifacts could change how we see Stone-Age people.

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Ruins of housing believed to have been used by soldiers stationed at the garrison.

Archaeologists in Turkey have identified massive structures below a Roman-era castle

5:01am September 01, 2023

The multistory, below-ground structures in Diyarbakir — ID'ed by using ground-penetrating radar — may have sheltered some 10,000 people during wartime many centuries ago, archaeologists believe.

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A relief carved on a block in a stairway, one of the many exciting artifacts uncovered at Ocomtun in May.

How scientists lasered in on a 'monumental' Maya city — with actual lasers

12:13pm August 01, 2023

by Emily Olson

Light-mapping technology is expediting the pace of archaeological discovery in the dense jungles of central Mexico. The latest find could offer clues about how humans advanced agriculturally.