Once locked in frozen Alaskan dirt, Iñupiat artifacts are being lost to the sea, sometimes faster than scientists can find them
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: India
Aaliya Sultana Babi is doing everything in her power to protect and promote India's most significant fossil park
Even nomadic hunter-gatherers engaged in deliberate mass killings 10,000 years ago
Distinctive cut marks on a Siberian mammoth represent the first known evidence of human hunters this far north
DNA analysis of the mummy's pathogens may reveal when and how Ötzi's people came to the Italian Alps
The discovery in a remote part of Indonesia has scholars rethinking the origins of art—and of humanity
Quantum spookiness, a Maya city buried in ash and more in this year’s surprising science
Surprising archaeological finds are breaking new ground in our understanding of Jesus’s time—and the revolution he launched 2,000 years ago
Two crypts uncovered near Washington Square Park a reminder of New York City’s past
The famed archaeologist took detailed notes of what he found inside King Tut's tomb
A recent expedition to the Fourni islands uncovered piles of ancient cargo, including types of amphorae never before seen on the seafloor
Mummification has been practiced for eons and the Egyptians are the best known, but not the only practioners
DNA from Bronze Age victims helped pinpoint mutations that allowed the disease to go from localized illness to deadly pandemic
Wisconsin's Aztalan State Park is home a mysterious pyramidal mound built by the prehistoric Native Americans who once lived there
In a warehouse in Utah, federal agents are storing tens of thousands of looted objects recovered in a massive sting
The writing system is 6,000 years old, but its influence is still felt today
Genes from a 4,500-year-old skeleton from Ethiopia show how migrations shaped modern populations
The first marine sanctuaries approved by NOAA in 15 years are home to a plethora of shipwrecks
Skeletal analysis hints that, intentional or not, mummification may have been more common than previously thought
Scientists have recovered more than 50 artifacts from the site, including a bronze armrest that was possibly part of a throne
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