Archaeology

Archaeologists studying one of the birthplaces of agriculture find a complex interplay between human actions and the workings of nature and genetics.

Mineral deposits called “lime clasts” found in ancient Roman concrete give the material self-healing capabilities that could help engineers develop more resilient modern concrete and reduce its associated emissions

A sprawling Maya site has been discovered beneath a Guatemalan rain forest

Archeologists have found a small mountain of artifacts buried in a farm field that show the presence of some of the first peoples to inhabit the Americas.

A century after archaeologist Howard Carter’s momentous discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, questions and controversy still swirl around Egypt’s most famous king

Scientists say drought and other climate change impacts are undermining their ability to protect and document important sites before they degrade or disappear

Researchers have identified a rare baby mummy as the firstborn son of a count of Austria, and rickets may have led to the child’s death

The human remains trade is thriving on Facebook and Instagram

Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic

A skeleton missing its lower left leg and dated to 31,000 years ago provides the earliest known evidence for surgical limb removal

A landmark study is the first major effort to quantify how lactose tolerance developed

A medieval cemetery yields DNA evidence of the deadly pandemic bacterium’s Central Asian ancestor