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  1. 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.

  2. Archaeology | Science News

    4 days ago · Archaeology Ancient hominids made long road trips to collect stone for tools A Kenyan site shows early hominids transported stone 13 kilometers for toolmaking as early as …

  3. 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.

  4. 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 …

  5. Ancient hominids made long road trips to collect stone for tools

    Aug 15, 2025 · A Kenyan site shows early hominids transported stone 13 kilometers for toolmaking as early as 2.6 million years ago.

  6. 7 stone tools might rewrite the timeline of hominid migration in …

    Aug 6, 2025 · 7 stone tools might rewrite the timeline of hominid migration in Indonesia Excavated implements suggest a Homo species arrived on Sulawesi over 1 million years ago

  7. Archaeology | Page 2 of 55 | Science News

    Apr 9, 2025 · Archaeology Ancient Arabian cymbals ring up Bronze Age musical connections Copper instruments discovered at a 4,000-year-old site in Oman echo ritual influences from …

  8. Precolonial farmers thrived in one of North America’s coldest places

    Jun 5, 2025 · Ancestral Menominee people in what’s now Michigan’s Upper Peninsula grew maize and other crops on large tracts of land despite harsh conditions.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.