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Digging up the Past at a Richmond Jail

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

Harry Bingham in Peru

Who Discovered Machu Picchu?

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

Ancient burial ground of Queen Sesheshet

The Tomb of Queen Sesheshet

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

Bill Fitzhugh maps blacksmith floor

The Basques Were Here

In arctic Canada, a Smithsonian researcher discovers evidence of Basque trading with North America
February 2009 | By Anika Gupta

Charles Higham at Ban Non Wat

Bodies of Evidence in Southeast Asia

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

The Tragic Tale of the Pygmy in the Zoo

In 1904, several Pygmies were brought to live in the anthropology exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair. Two years later, a Congo Pygmy named Ota Benga was housed temporarily at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City—and then exhibited, briefly and controversially, at the Bronx Zoo...
December 02, 2008 | By Sarah Zielinski

Gobekli Tepe

Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?

Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization
November 2008 | By Andrew Curry

Stonehenge secrets

New Light on Stonehenge

The first dig in 44 years inside the stone circle changed our view of why—and even when—the monument was built
October 2008 | By Dan Jones

Monastery from inside the ramparts

In Iraq, a Monastery Rediscovered

Near Mosul, War Has Helped and Hindered Efforts to Excavate the 1,400-Year-Old Dair Mar Elia Monastery
September 16, 2008 | By James Foley

Washington dig site

Washington's Boyhood Home

Archaeologists have finally pinpointed the Virginia house where our first president came of age
September 2008 | By David Zax

Digging Up George Washington

Archaeologists continue to uncover more about the nation's first president
September 01, 2008 | By Amanda Bensen

Sea Stallion

Raiders or Traders?

A replica Viking vessel sailing the North Sea has helped archaeologists figure out what the stalwart Norsemen were really up to
July 2008 | By Andrew Curry

Stonehenge excavation site

Dispatch from Stonehenge, Day 14

April 13: The Druids Bless Our Departure
April 14, 2008 | By Dan Jones

Digging trench

Dispatch from Stonehenge, Day 10

April 9: Archaeology in a Fishbowl
April 09, 2008 | By Dan Jones

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


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