Napoleon Bonaparte brought engineers, architects, and scientists when he invaded Egypt. In three stages, these "savants" meticulously illustrated the ruins of ancient Egypt. Their scientific approach ...

Archaeology is a field of study that draws on many scientific disciplines, from the natural sciences, such as geology and botany to modern technologies like global positioning systems, magnetometry ...

Across North America, archaeologists are rewriting what I thought I knew about the continent’s past, uncovering sites that ...

In the center of Siena, Italy, a cathedral has stood for nearly 800 years. A black-and-white layer cake of heavy stone, fine-cut statuary, and rich mosaics, the imposing structure—now visited by more ...

This course provides an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of modern archaeology. Through this course, students will be introduced to the history, theories, methods, and broader social ...

If it hadn’t been for a catalog essay by the curators of the fine new exhibition at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, I might not have connected their subject with ...

Beneath the quiet hum of a northern European town lies a secret: an entire city, lost to time, preserved beneath modern ...

Sarah Parcak's reputation as the modern-day Indiana Jones is fitting. Parcak is a professor, researcher and innovator who has devoted her life to preserving history. Three decades after the Egyptian ...

(See Cover) Even as his spaceships reach toward the future and the stars, modern man is more concerned than ever with his past on his own planet. From China to Peru, diggers are everywhere. And ...

There has been quite a lot of discussion recently about what makes America great. Some think we have lost a measure of our greatness and look to the past for a sense of what it might take to make us ...

JAMESTOWN, Virginia -- Here, 411 years ago, British colonists forged a new society inside James fort. Now, archaeologists are digging up the details. On a brisk, sunny April day, near the sparkling ...

The 300,000-year-old fossils discovered in Morocco had modern faces and more primitive brains The 300,000-year-old fossils discovered in Morocco had modern faces and more primitive brains ...