Climate change-induced increases in sea level are forcing archaeologists and communities to get creative and make tough calls
Ancient Egyptians leveraged a massive shipping, mining and farming economy to propel their civilization forward
The Arab World Institute in Paris shows off 250 artifacts once lost underwater
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
From inside stone palaces and atop sacred mountaintops, the Inca dead continued to wield incredible power over the living
Grand but dilapidated structures from many centuries ago dot the country’s landscape
The findings by Smithsonian scientists dig up the dynamics of daily life in the first permanent British settlement in the colonies
Special software helped reveal the words on a burned scroll found inside a holy ark near the Dead Sea
The new genetic analysis takes aim at the theory that just one founding group settled the Americas
A fossil found in China may offer new clues about avian evolution
The famous archaeological treasure is falling into scandalous decline, even as its sister city Herculaneum is rising from the ashes
Ancient DNA sequenced from the skeleton adds to the controversy over the individual's ancestry
A grassy area studded with hulking, 2,000-year-old jars provides a surreal sight as well as an archeological puzzle
Where to visit historic subs this summer—or ride in a modern one
The uncorked bubbly goes from notes of wet hair and cheese to something spicy and smoky, enologists report
A rare trip inside the home of the world’s most breathtaking cave painting leaves lasting memories
The winning design will memorialize two ancient Buddha statues demolished in 2001
A newly discovered crocodilian ancestor was a nine-foot-tall predator that stood on its hind legs
Fossil remains suggest that prehistoric people in Sri Lanka may have eaten monkeys and other forest species
At about 2.8 million years old, the Ledi jaw may belong to "the stem for the Homo genus," according to its discoverers
What the remains of the "hunchback" king can teach us about other English royals
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