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5 days ago · 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 …
Archaeology’s top discoveries of 2024 include preserved brains …
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.
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.
Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been surprisingly skilled …
Apr 9, 2025 · New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.
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.
Rethinking archaeology and place - Science News
Nov 2, 2024 · Pompeii. Machu Picchu. Stonehenge. Angkor Wat. The Great Pyramid of Giza. Those of us who grew up in Western cultures tend to think of archaeology as the study of a …
12,000-year-old rock art hints at the Arabian Desert’s lush past
Sep 30, 2025 · Newly found engravings of animals on rock outcrops in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud desert show nomads lived there thousands of years ago.
A huge, ancient Maya city has been found in southern Mexico
Nov 6, 2024 · Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing and may have been among the most densely populated in the region.
A Pueblo tribe recruited scientists to reclaim its ancient American …
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The oldest known ritual chamber in the Middle East has been found
Dec 9, 2024 · Engravings and other evidence suggest ancient humans attended religious ceremonies in the cave as early as 37,000 years ago.