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Archaeology

The Treasure

Treasure of Villena

A significant cache of prehistoric valuables is on display in an unassuming museum tucked inside a town hall.

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

London, England

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

The panorama of the Lost City. The round clearings, where houses once sat, extend down the sides of the mountains. Many believe that only a small portion of the Lost City has been excavated at this point.

A Visual Tour Through Colombia's Ancient Lost City

It's 650 years older than Machu Picchu.

Gena Steffens November 14, 2016

Apatosaurus trackway

La Junta, Colorado

Picketwire Canyon Trackway

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

Stone Circles at Odry

The Stone Circles at Odry

Deep in a Polish forest, this collection of Iron Age megaliths still holds onto many of its ancient secrets.

A close up of the mineral vivianite on a piece of bone.

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The Vivid Blue Mineral That Grows on Buried Bodies and Confuses Archaeologists

Just mix together a dead person, some iron, and lots of water.

Chris Drudge October 25, 2016

A postcard from Marineland, where Lamme worked in the '40s.

Stolen Artifacts! Drunk Teens! And More True Tales of Florida's First State Archaeologist

Vernon Lamme was not your average archaeologist.

Sarah Laskow October 19, 2016

Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark

Đồng Văn, Vietnam

Dong Van Karst Plateau

This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

Found: A 1,600-Year-Old Oven With Food Still Inside

Sarah Laskow October 7, 2016

Well-Preserved, 2,500-Year-Old Marijuana Found at Chinese Tomb

Weed has been popular for awhile.

Eric Grundhauser October 5, 2016

Found: A Goddess Statue That's 8,000 Years Old

It may have represented an elderly woman.

Sarah Laskow September 29, 2016

Nestled in the caves

Silver City, New Mexico

Gila Cliff Dwellings

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

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Kayenta, Arizona

Mystery Valley

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Found: The World's Oldest Sewing Needle

And it wasn't made by Homo sapiens.

Eric Grundhauser August 24, 2016

Found: An Ancient Mexican Codex-Within-a-Codex

Researchers used lightwaves to discover a hidden palimpsest.

Eric Grundhauser August 22, 2016

Found: A 19th Century Sword Tip at the Alamo's Southern Wall

It would have belonged to a Mexican officer.

Sarah Laskow August 15, 2016

The World's Oldest Gold Artifact Was Just Found

Archaeologists say it's from 4,500 to 4,600 B.C.

Erik Shilling August 12, 2016

Tomb and Skeleton Unearthed, Offering New Evidence of the Ancient Snake Dynasty

Archaeology is exciting.

Eric Grundhauser August 8, 2016