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Nov 26, 2025 · 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.
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Feb 26, 2025 · Archaeology Here’s how ancient Amazonians became master maize farmers Casarabe people grew the nutritious crop year-round on savannas thanks to networks of drainage canals and …
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Jun 6, 2024 · Archaeology A puzzling mix of artifacts raises questions about Homo sapiens ' travels to China A reexamined Chinese site points to a cultural mix of Homo sapiens with Neandertals or …
Lidar reveals the oldest and biggest Maya structure yet found
Jun 3, 2020 · Lidar reveals the oldest and biggest Maya structure yet found Excavations and airborne mapping unveil a society that from its beginnings built big
This ancient Siberian ice mummy had a talented tattooist
Aug 7, 2025 · Researchers reconstructed a roughly 2,000-year-old woman’s tattoos, from prowling tigers to a fantastical griffinlike creature.
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.
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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 …
The earliest evidence of tobacco use dates to over 12,000 years ago
Oct 11, 2021 · Burned seeds at an archaeological site in Utah hint at tobacco’s popularity long before it was domesticated.
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.