ARCHAEOLOGY

We are only just beginning to find ways to explore the deepest trenches.

We take the idea of sturdy buildings and city infrastructure for granted in the modern era.

Archaeologists say the discovery of mutilated human remains could be evidence of “attempts to lay the revenant dead.”

It's about 400,000 years old.

The discovery started out as a school assignment.

Dental plaque traps bits of food, bacteria, and pathogens. That might be bad news for you, but it’s good news for archaeologists.

Nine high-status people buried there during a 330-year period share identical mitochondrial DNA, which is passed from mother to child.

The Honouliuli Internment and POW Camp will eventually open as a national monument.

Such ships have previously been unearthed across Scandinavia, but recently, archaeologists report the first discovery of a rich Viking boat burial on the UK mainland.

His last meal was a dry-cured meat similar to speck or bacon, according to new analysis of his stomach contents.

Bird poop has been a favored fertilizer for centuries—and, it turns out, is an excellent preserver of human flesh.

Less grunting, more hoarse screaming.