Every year we’re fortunate to glean new insights about the history of the world’s people through archaeologists. These experts dig up new finds—and thus, new findings—which shakeup what is known about ...

A recent archaeological excavation in Switzerland turned morbid when historians came across a trove of infant burials dating back to Ancient Rome. The excavation began last May in order to make way ...

A study published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa sheds new light on the westward spread of pearl millet ...

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation opens an exclusive archaeological center April 25, offering insights into artifact discovery ...

A student from the Sunshine State recently struck gold during an archaeological excavation in Britain – over 4,000 miles from home. Yara Souza of Orlando, Florida, discovered the ninth-century golden ...

Part of the 17th-century foundation will be visible through a glass floor section in the new archaeology center. Brendan Sostak / The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Last spring, crews broke ground ...

WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA—According to a statement released by The College of William & Mary, recent archaeological work revealed the foundations of the eighteenth-century Williamsburg Bray School, one ...

CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS—Phys.org reports that Gretchen R. Dabbs of Southern Illinois University and Anna Stevens of Monash University reviewed the archaeological and bioarchaeological evidence for plague ...

Professor Will Taylor receives an NSF CAREER Award for his research project “Understanding Animal Domestication and Human-Environmental Relationships.” Taylor’s research aims to understand animal ...

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