Dive Bomber

Underwater archaeologists ready a crashed B-29 for visits by scuba-wearing tourists at the bottom of Lake Mead.
October 2005 | By Julian Smith

John Lennon's First Album

A recently acquired stamp collection opens a new page on the teenage Beatle-to-be
September 2005 | By Owen Edwards

The Ambush That Changed History

An amateur archaeologist discovers the field where wily Germanic warriors halted the spread of the Roman Empire
September 2005 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

Mystery Man of Stonehenge

Who was he and where did he come from? And what was his role in the making of the great monument? The discovery of a 4,300-year-old skeleton surrounded by intriguing artifacts has archaeologists abuzz
August 2005 | By Richard Stone

Glyph Dweller

Archaeologist Alanah Woody's infectious enthusiasm for Nevada's rock art knows no bounds
June 2005 | By Christopher Hall

The Seeds of Civilization

Why did humans first turn from nomadic wandering to villages and togetherness? The answer may lie in a 9,500-year-old settlement in central Turkey
May 2005 | By Michael Balter

Out of Time

Less than a decade after their first contact with the outside world, the volatile Korubo of the Amazon still live in almost total isolation. Their fiercest champion, Indian tracker Sydney Possuelo, is trying to keep their world intact. But how long can he, and they, hold out?
April 2005 | By Paul Raffaele

The Shirt Off His Back

Jerry Seinfeld's silly, frilly prop takes its place in television history
March 2005 | By Owen Edwards

Digging for Jefferson's Lost Courthouse

Archaeologists in Virginia found the footprint of a red brick building lost in the mid-19th century
October 2004 | By Clay Risen

Salem Sets Sail

After the Revolutionary War, ships from a little Massachusetts seaport brought the new nation wares from China and the mysterious East
June 2004 | By Doug Stewart

Magical Mystery Tour

In 1964 a psychedelic placard heralded the arrival of counterculture guru Ken Kesey and his entourage to America's cities
June 2004 | By Owen Edwards

Titanic Sank This Morning

An artifact from the doomed ocean liner evokes that catastrophic night in April 1912
April 2004 | By Owen Edwards

Towering Mysteries

Who built them and why? An amateur archaeologist tries to get to the bottom of some astonishing structures in Tibet and Sichuan Province, China
April 2004 | By Richard Stone

Maine's Lost Colony

Archeologists uncover an early American settlement that history forgot
February 2004 | By Myron Beckenstein

Man of the Hour

Master horologist John Metcalfe keeps on ticking
December 2003 | By Patrick Cooke

Mesopotamian Masterpieces

Exquisite art and artifacts from the world's earliest civilization are dazzling visitors to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
August 2003 | By Richard Covington

Wild Thing

For 100 years, Harleys have fueled our road-warrior fantasies
August 2003 | By Robert F. Howe

Saving Iraq's Treasures

As archaeologists worldwide help recover looted artifacts, they worry for the safety of the great sites of early civilization.
June 2003 | By Andrew Lawler

Rethinking Neanderthals

Research suggests the so-called brutes fashioned tools, buried their dead, maybe cared for the sick and even conversed. But why, if they were so smart, did they disappear?
June 2003 | By Joe Alper

Capitol Discovery

Senate staffers come across a historic treasure in a dusty storage room
June 2003 | By Philip Kopper

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