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4 days ago · Archaeology 12,000-year-old rock art hints at the Arabian Desert’s lush past Newly found engravings of animals on rock outcrops in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud desert show nomads lived there …
Archaeology’s top discoveries of 2024 include preserved brains and a ...
Dec 17, 2024 · From the plight of ancient Egyptian scribes to the identities of ancient Maya sacrifices, 2024 brought a rich medley of insights into human history.
A race to save Indigenous trails may change the face of archaeology
Oct 29, 2024 · As construction of a pipeline nears, an effort to preserve an Indigenous trail in Canada tests whether heritage management can keep up with advances in archaeology.
Satellites are transforming how archaeologists study the past
Aug 4, 2019 · In ‘Archaeology from Space,’ Sarah Parcak takes readers on a lively tour of the past, and archaeology of the 21st century.
Rethinking archaeology and place - Science News
Nov 2, 2024 · Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses efforts of Indigenous people in British Columbia to preserve ancient trails.
Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been surprisingly skilled seafarers
Apr 9, 2025 · New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.
An ancient, massive urban complex has been found in the Ecuadorian …
Jan 11, 2024 · Found by airborne laser scans, this settlement and others throughout Mesoamerica and the Amazon are shifting how archaeologists think about urbanism.
A digital exam reels in engraved scenes of Stone Age net fishing
Nov 6, 2024 · Rare depictions of Stone Age net fishing have surfaced on engraved stones thanks to an imaging technique that gives magnification a digital boost. Previously unnoticed lines etched into …
A Pueblo tribe recruited scientists to reclaim its ancient American history
Apr 30, 2025 · A Pueblo tribe recruited scientists to reclaim its ancient American history Picuris Pueblo oral histories talk of long-ago ties to Chaco Canyon. DNA now backs that up
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May 9, 2025 · Archaeology Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own An 80,000-year-old bone point found in Eastern Europe challenges the idea that migrating Homo sapiens gave the …