ARCHAEOLOGY

The use of amphorae is a callback to the past, anchoring modern wine drinkers to history.

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It’s been a century since Howard Carter discovered the tomb of an obscure Egyptian pharaoh named Tutankhamen, kicking off a period of Egyptomania and a fascination with the pharaoh that endures to this day.

Tut's tomb was stuffed to the brim with thousands of objects meant to make his afterlife eternally posh.

Following the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, two scholars battled each other to decipher the mysterious Egyptian writing system.

In centuries past, mummies were put to a variety of inventive uses: art, commerce, science, entertainment, and possibly even paper making.

Cecil Chubb attended an auction in 1915 and decided Stonehenge would make for a fantastic new family possession.

Hatshepsut seized the reins of power and never let go.

Over several decades beginning in 1607, Jamestown nearly collapsed multiple times as colonists succumbed to disease and famine.

We sometimes think human prehistory was much more peaceful than today. But archaeological evidence suggests otherwise.

One of the most important archaeological discoveries in British history, the Sutton Hoo ship burial contained a hoard of Anglo-Saxon artifacts that transformed our understanding of the "Dark Ages."

More than 5500 artifacts have been brought up since the first salvage trip to the 'Titanic' wreckage in 1987.