Artifacts
This Wreck May Be the Sister Ship of Sweden's Ill-Fated 'Vasa' Warship
Divers discovered the wreckage of two 17th-century warships off the coast of an island near Stockholm
Canine Archaeologists Sniff Out 3,000-Year-Old Graves in Croatia
A new study shows how canines trained to find human remains could help archaeologists locate new sites
Archaeologists Discover 20 Sealed Ancient Egyptian Coffins
The sarcophagi—decorated in shades of red, green, white and black—were found stacked in two layers in a giant tomb
What a Warrior's Lost Toolkit Says About the Oldest Known Battle in Europe
More than 3,000 years ago, soldiers appear to have traveled hundreds of miles from southern Europe to fight in what is now northern Germany
Was the 1968 TV Show 'Julia' a Milestone or a Millstone for Diversity?
Diahann Carroll's award-winning series was a hit, but it delivered a sanitized view of African-American life
Light Billions of Times Brighter Than the Sun Used to Read Charred Scrolls From Herculaneum
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. carbonized papyrus scrolls, which may now be readable
Planned Border Wall May Threaten 22 Archaeological Sites in Arizona, N.P.S. Says
Centuries-old artifacts are at risk should the Trump Administration move forward with its work along the border between the U.S. and Mexico
Misidentified Roman ‘Pendants’ Were Actually Women’s Makeup Tools
Known as ‘cosmetic grinders,’ the artifacts would have been used to crush minerals for makeup
Grave Hints at Interaction Between Early Humans Living in Great Lakes, American Southeast
Parallels between burial sites in the two regions suggest long-distance networks emerged earlier than previously believed
Hurricane Dorian Unearths Civil War Cannonballs at South Carolina Beach
At first, the couple who discovered the pair of cannonballs thought they'd simply stumbled upon a rock
A Warming Climate Threatens Archaeological Sites in Greenland
As temperatures rise and ice melts, Norse and Inuit artifacts and human remains decompose more rapidly
Hundreds of Artifacts Looted From Iraq and Afghanistan to Be Repatriated
The trove, currently stored at the British Museum for safekeeping, includes 4th-century Buddhist sculpture fragments and 154 Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets
Entrepreneur Mae Reeves' Hat Shop Was a Philadelphia Institution. You Can Visit It at the Smithsonian.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture recreated one of the first businesses in the city to be owned by a black woman
A Bible Owned by Lincoln, Unknown to Historians for 150 Years, Goes on Display
The relic offers a new opportunity to reflect on Lincoln’s religious beliefs
Scotland's Tiny Artificial Islands Date to the Stone Age
Five crannogs in the Outer Hebrides were built 5,000 years ago, perhaps for ritual purposes
Meet Juan García Salazar, the Man Who Championed Black Identity in Ecuador
Behind the very first artifact to enter the African American History Museum's collections resides a story about recovering the Afro-Ecuadorian experience
The Penn Museum Just Floated a 12-Ton Sphinx Out a Window
Using air-dollies, the museum moved the largest sphinx in the western hemisphere 250 feet to a new entranceway
Burial Mound Found on Kindergarten Playground Was Used for 2,000 Years
Thirty sets of human remains from the mound in southwest France show locals buried their dead in the same spot from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
Historians Are Looking for Images of the HMS Beagle's Anchors
Researchers are hoping to confirm that they have discovered an anchor from the ship that carried Darwin stuck in the mud of an Australian river
Ring Containing Charlotte Brontë's Hair Discovered in Attic
The piece of mourning jewelry includes an inscription and a little door covering a plaited lock of the <i>Jane Eyre</i> author's hair
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