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The Oldest Modernist Paintings

Two thousand years before Picasso, artists in Egypt painted some of the most arresting portraits in the history of art

El Mirador, the Lost City of the Maya

Now overgrown by jungle, the ancient site was once the thriving capital of the Maya civilization

Secrets of the Colosseum

A German archaeologist has finally deciphered the Roman amphitheater's amazing underground labyrinth

History Beats

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A German archaeologist has finally deciphered the Roman amphitheater's amazing underground labyrinth
January 2011 | By Tom Mueller

The lumbering beasts coexisted with the first humans for tens of thousands of years and then died off. Why?
December 2010 | By Andrew Curry

To better understand the ancient Roman world, one archaeologist looks at the graffiti, love notes and poetry alike, left behind by Pompeians
July 27, 2010 | By Kristin Ohlson

Excavations of villas where Roman emperors escaped the office are giving archaeologists new insights into the imperial way of life
June 2010 | By Paul Bennett

In Pennsylvania, amateur archaeologists unearth a mass grave of immigrant railroad workers who disappeared in 1832
April 2010 | By Abigail Tucker

Loot valued at $20 million lies off the coast of Staten Island, and Ken Hayes is on the hunt for the sunken silver bullion
March 05, 2010 | By Christopher Solomon

After decades of research, American archaeologist Mark Lehner has some answers about the mysteries of the Egyptian colossus
February 2010 | By Evan Hadingham

Sevilla la Nueva, the first European settlement in Jamaica, is home to the bittersweet story of the beginning of the Caribbean sugar trade
January 12, 2010 | By Heather Pringle

Resolving the dispute over authorship of the ancient manuscripts could have far-reaching implications for Christianity and Judaism
January 2010 | By Andrew Lawler

An amateur archaeologist says he's discovered the world's oldest pyramids in the Balkans. But many experts remain dubious
December 2009 | By Colin Woodard

No matter if the civilization was Mesopotamian, Egyptian, or Mayan, its legacy today is in part marked by towering pyramids
November 20, 2009 | By Amanda Bensen

One of the oldest archaeological sites not on a heritage list, this Pacific state, like Easter Island, is an engineering marvel
November 03, 2009 | By Christopher Pala

Athens’ New Acropolis Museum comes to America in an exhibition highlighting treasures of antiquity
September 22, 2009 | By Jamie Katz

Dunwich, England, is one of several underwater sites where divers are discovering new information about historic cultures
July 29, 2009 | By Robin T. Reid

After a 35-year search, an Israeli archaeologist is certain he has solved the mystery of the biblical figure’s final resting place
August 2009 | By Barbara Kreiger

A storied trove of fossils from a Canadian paleontological site is yielding new clues to an explosion of life on earth
August 2009 | By Siobhan Roberts

An Illinois coal mine holds a snapshot of life on earth 300 million years ago, when a massive earthquake "froze" a swamp in time
July 2009 | By Guy Gugliotta

French amateur archaeologist Bruno Tassan fights to preserve a neglected 2,000-year-old ancient interstate in southern Provence
June 2009 | By Joshua Hammer

On treeless Antarctica, wood fungus is feasting on polar exploration relics
May 2009 | By Emily Stone

Beneath the ruins of Genghis Khan’s capital city in Central Asia, archaeologists discovered artifacts from cultures near and far
March 25, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

June 22, 2009 | By Megan Gambino

The excavation of a notorious jail recalls Virginia's leading role in the slave trade
March 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Controversy swirls as to whether an archaeologist's claim to fame as the discoverer of Machu Picchu has any merit
March 2009 | By Peter Eisner

The recently discovered pyramid and tomb in Egypt shed light on a dark episode in a pharaonic tradition of court intrigue and murder most foul
February 03, 2009 | By Stephen Glain

Excavations at a cemetery in Thailand reveal a 4,000-year-old indigenous culture
February 2009 | By Andrew Lawler

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