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Archaeology

Finally, Someone is on Trial Internationally for Destroying Precious Cultural Property

The International Criminal Court hears its first property case.

Jessie Guy-Ryan February 28, 2016

Victorian Party People Unrolled Mummies For Fun

Dimitra Nikolaidou February 23, 2016

FOUND: Evidence That Cockroaches Have Plagued Humans for Millennia

Sarah Laskow February 23, 2016

The 21st Century Indiana Jones is a Woman Crowdsourcing Space Archaeology

Jessie Guy-Ryan February 20, 2016

FOUND: A 3,000-Year-Old Wheel

Sarah Laskow February 19, 2016

FOUND: Evidence That Jerusalem Is 2,000 Years Older Than Anyone Thought

Sarah Laskow February 17, 2016

Rusty wrecks in Tikal

Tikal, Guatemala

Archaeologists' Abandoned Camp

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.

Found, by a Badger: A Bronze-Age Burial Not Far From Stonehenge

Sarah Laskow February 9, 2016

Saul's Mound

Pinson, Tennessee

Pinson Mounds State Archeological Park

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

Kbal Spean

Phumi Khna Rôngvoas, Cambodia

Kbal Spean

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

FOUND: An Incredibly Well Preserved Egyptian Funeral Boat From 4,500 Years Ago

Sarah Laskow February 2, 2016

Sannai Maruyama Ruins

Sannai Maruyama Ruins

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

To Truly Know an Ancient Society, One Must Analyze Its Feces

Sarah Laskow January 28, 2016

Scandinavia's Most Metal Sound Systems Are Made of Horse Skulls

Matt Soniak January 27, 2016

Gunung Padang

Campaka, Indonesia

Gunung Padang

These broken shards of ancient ruin may hide an ancient pyramid.

"Recycling Labyrinth," by Mona Sfeir, a maze entirely made out of plastic bottles.

Stone Age, Bronze Age... Plastic Age? The Race to Define Our Epoch

Cara Giaimo January 13, 2016

FOUND: A Bronze Age Settlement Dubbed 'Britain's Pompeii'

Sarah Laskow January 12, 2016

'Mind-Blowing' Archaeological Find: Wooden Prosthetic for a Medieval Foot

Megan Gannon January 11, 2016