archaeology
Government Scientists to Scan Great Pyramid With Cosmic Rays to Find Secrets
Individual artifacts might be detectable with an advanced telescope that captures particles made in outer space.
The Secret to This Ancient City’s Success Was Collectivism, Study Says
Monte Albán thrived as an ancient collectivist society and died out when extremes in wealth and power developed, according to archaeologists.
Scientist Reveals How Stonehenge Likely Worked At Long Last
An archaeologist proposes that the monument is “a simple and elegant perpetual calendar” in a new study.
Scientists Solve 30,000-Year-Old ‘Venus’ Statue Mystery, Study Says
The famous Venus of Willendorf came from a faraway place in a process that may have begun 31,000 years ago.
These Remarkably Preserved Chinese Mummies Have a Surprise Ancestry
The mummies belonged to a population that is genetically isolated but culturally cosmopolitan.
Ancient Gold Burial Mask Found to Be Painted With Human Blood
The use of human blood may have allowed an ancient society's elite to maintain their status as cosmically privileged deities even in the afterlife, researchers say.
Archaeologists Find Offering Under 'Temple of the Feathered Serpent' Pyramid
Flower bouquets that date back nearly 2,000 years have been found in the ruins of Teotihuacan.
This Ancient Tablet Is the Earliest Known Example of Applied Geometry
Dating back 3,700 years to Old Babylon, the artifact reveals a form of proto-trigonometry that predates Pythagoras by more than 1,000 years.
Scientists Discover Thousands of Ancient Tombs In Galaxy-Like Patterns
Researchers applied a cosmological tool to archaeology for the first time, revealing “invisible centers of gravity” across a vast funerary landscape.
Researchers Say They Found the Largest Drawings In the World With Satellite Imagery
A father and son pair of independent researchers report what may be the largest set of geoglyphs anywhere in the world, located in India.
Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old ‘Lost Golden City’ in Egypt
Aten, dubbed a “Lost Golden City” by Egyptian officials, is one of the most important finds in decades, said one archaeologist.
Archaeologists Are Studying a New Type of Mummy They've Never Encountered
Its mysterious cocoon could have “aided the metaphysical transition of the deceased into the afterlife and the sphere of the god Osiris,” according to researchers.