Archaeology

A new generation of scholars working in the Holy Land remain haunted by scripture and riven by modern politics

An International Space Station project is “one small step” for off-world fieldwork

For decades anthropologists exploited Indigenous peoples in the name of science. Now they are reckoning with that history

The discovery of the wreck is “a milestone in polar history,” says the director of the search for it

A ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1942 can today help track large pulses of mud from the Mississippi River

Scientists have a new understanding of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism that challenges assumptions about ancient technology

Quantum timing, the evolution of animal sounds, militias, and more in the January 2022 issue

An ambitious project is underway to develop a robot with enough smarts, strength and sensitivity to restore fragmented archaeological remains

A federal designation could help yield 3-D models that are useful for finding, studying and conserving vessels on the bed of Lake Michigan

Studies of living and mummified baboons hint at why ancient Egyptians revered these pesky primates and uncover the probable location of the fabled kingdom from which they imported the animals

Seeds found in fossilized tracks fuel new speculation about when—and how—people arrived

Dubbed morelladon, fossil remains of a medium-size dinosaur discovered near the town of Morella in Spain's Castellón province