Is it the long-faded colors of ancient artifacts from all around the world or the hushed sounds of visitors discussing what ...

Insights and introductions to the work of history's forensic experts - the archaeologists. The detritus of war can survive for hundreds of years underground, and its discovery can bring about ...

Archaeological excavation in Benin City, Nigeria, ahead of the construction of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has ...

It is not just the land that reveals hidden secrets of past times but the sea offers wonderfully preserved treasures. This is the story of how archaeology went underwater, the difficulties they face ...

From the Great Pyramids to Stonehenge, many ancient monuments we know today have been partially rebuilt, re-stacked, or ...

2008 sees the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Cirencester Excavation in December 1958. We unearth some of the stories behind the digs over the last half century... The CEC was formed at time ...

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The remnants of Typhoon Halong scattered artifacts from an archaeological site along the shore of the Bering Sea.

A new statue emerging from a dried-up lake has left experts baffled. The statue, believed to be between 700 and 1,000 years old, was found on Easter Island, in Chile, and is known as moai. The ...