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Modern-day climbers who descend the canyon (such as the author, in blue, and mountaineer Greg Child, on the South Rim) may be stymied by what seems like a dead end, only to find footholds carved by prehistoric residents.

Below the Rim

Humans have roamed the Grand Canyon for more than 8,000 years. But the chasm is only slowly yielding clues to the ancient peoples who lived below the rim
June 2006 | By David Roberts

On Mount Ebal, in the West Bank, archaeologist Adam Zertal (pointing) believes he has found the altar that Joshua built on Moses

Shifting Ground in the Holy Land

Archaeology is casting new light on the Old Testament
May 2006 | By Jennifer Wallace

Copernicus Unearthed

Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of the 16th century astronomer who revolutionized our view of the universe
May 2006 | By Andrew Curry

Amateur scholar Robert Bittlestone

Odyssey's End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca

A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer's wanderer returned
April 2006 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

Secrets of the Range Creek Ranch

Archaeologists cheered when Waldo Wilcox's vast spread was deeded to the state of Utah, believing that it holds keys to a tribe that flourished 1,000 years ago - and then mysteriously vanished.
March 2006 | By Keith Kloor

When Vesuvius erupted on August 24 and 25, A.D. 79, some 2,600 inhabitants perished in Pompeii alone (a plaster cast of a child found under a staircase).

Resurrecting Pompeii

A new exhibition brings the doomed residents of Pompeii and Herculaneum vividly to life
February 2006 | By Doug Stewart

Airborne Archaeology

The view from above can yield insights on the ground
December 2005 | By Andrew Curry

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

Between 6 B.C. and A.D. 4, Roman legions established bases on the Lippe and Weser rivers.

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

Work on Stonehenge began around 3000 B.C., with a ditch circling wood posts.

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

Unusual finds fuel new ideas about the impetus for one of the first long-term settlements (above, the site today).

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

Thomas Jefferson lost courthouse

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

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

Uruk was the birthplace of the written word, about 3200 B.C. Its fame, one scribe wrote, "like the rainbow, reaches up to the sky as the new moon standing in the heavens." A ziggurat to the sky god Anu (in ruins) towered over the city.

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

Indicating that Neanderthals buried their dead, a stone-lined pit in southwest France held teh 70,000-year-old remains of a man wrapped in bearskin. The illustration is based on a diorama at Smithsonian

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

Testimony from the Iceman

The 5,000-plus-year-old Neolithic man discovered a decade ago is telling scientists how he lived and died
February 2003 | By Bob Cullen

Lasting Impressions

Scientists cast tall shadows but find themselves hard pressed to explain the blues to Mongolians
November 2002 | By Donovan Webster

The amphitheater served as the ceremonial heart of a thriving city 4,600 years ago.

First City in the New World?

Peru's Caral suggests civilization emerged in the Americas 1,000 years earlier than experts believed
August 2002 | By Smithsonian magazine


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