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Digging the trench

Dispatch from Stonehenge, Day 9

April 8: The Clock is Ticking
April 08, 2008 | By Dan Jones

An aerial view of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.

Dispatch from Stonehenge, Day 1

March 31st: The Excavation Begins
April 01, 2008 | By Dan Jones

Media at the Stonehenge excavation site

Dispatch from Stonehenge, Day 2

April 1st: An Ill Wind Blows
April 01, 2008 | By Dan Jones

Christopher Columbus crew

The Lost Fort of Columbus

On his voyage to the Americas in 1492, the explorer built a small fort somewhere in the Caribbean
January 2008 | By Frances Maclean

Symbolically Speaking

A Q&A with hieroglyphs expert Janice Kamrin
November 05, 2007 | By Jess Blumberg

Queen Hatshepsut

Digging up Egypt's Treasures

The ten most significant discoveries in the past 20 years
November 05, 2007 | By Robin T. Reid

Amenhotep III (a granite head from the temple complex is his best extant portrait) was succeeded by his son Akhenaten, who revolutionized Egypt

Rebellious Son

Amenhotep III was succeeded by one of the first known monotheists
November 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

Archaeologists assumed that the great temple had been stripped of all statues

Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple

Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago
October 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

Historians have generally agreed that some settlement referred to in ancient histories as Rhakotis existed centuries before Alexander the Great arrived.

Underwater World

New evidence reveals a city beneath ancient Alexandria
August 01, 2007 | By Megan Gambino

Large-scale excavations are scheduled to begin this summer on a $200-million project for a 150-acre Stabiae archeological park (an artist

Ancient Rome's Forgotten Paradise

Stabiae's seaside villas will soon be resurrected in one of the largest archaeological projects in Europe since World War II
July 01, 2007 | By Dina Modianot-Fox

Archaeologists have modeled Rome in three dimensions, and users can "fly" through the ancient city

Rome Reborn

Archaeologists unveil a 3-D model of the great city circa A.D. 400
July 01, 2007 | By Andrew Curry

Petra

Reconstructing Petra

Two thousand years ago, it was the capital of a powerful trading empire. Now archaeologists are piecing together a more complete picture of Jordan's compelling rock city
June 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

H.L. Hunley

Saving Our Shipwrecks

New technologies are aiding the search for one Civil War submarine, and the conservation of another
June 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

One clue that the Buena Vista site was aligned with the seasons comes from a menacing statue (Ojeda is in the background) that faces the winter solstice sunset.

The New World's Oldest Calendar

Research at a 4,200-year-old temple in Peru yields clues to an ancient people who may have clocked the heavens
May 2007 | By Anne Bolen

The unlikely researcher, George Smith, made one of archaeology

Epic Hero

How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh —after 2,500 years
May 2007 | By David Damrosch

Sphinx in Alexandria harbor

Raising Alexandria

More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded Alexandria, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains
April 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

Artifacts unearthed on Ossabaw Island offer insights into the lives of slaves.

Sea Island Strata

At a former Georgia plantation, archaeologists delve into both the workaday and spiritual lives of slaves.
February 2007 | By Eric Wills

The steamboat Arabia, shown here in a 1991 painting, vanished on Sep. 5, 1856.

Pay Dirt

When self-taught archaeologists dug up an 1850s steamboat, they brought to light a slice of American life
December 2006 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

Numerous colossal statues of the pharaoh

The Queen Who Would Be King

A scheming stepmother or a strong and effective ruler? History's view of the pharaoh Hatshepsut changed over time
September 2006 | By Elizabeth B. Wilson

"I love things that go booom," says Marine Staff Sgt. Steve Mannon, with one of the many Vietnam War-era rounds uncovered at the crash site.

Lost Over Laos

Scientists and soldiers combine forensics and archaeology to search for pilot Bat Masterson, one of 88,000 Americans missing in action from recent wars.
August 2006 | By Robert M. Poole


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