Science
Archaeology
MOUSE IN THE HOUSE
Mice may have begun infesting European homes at least 2,500 years earlier than previously known.
1 min |
September/October 2020
Archaeology
INSIDE THE ROCK'S SURPRISING HISTORY
Before it was an infamous prison, Fort Alcatraz played a key role defending the West Coast
10+ min |
September/October 2020
Archaeology
CLOSING IN ON A PHARAOH'S TOMB
Archaeologists excavating in the Egyptian royal necropolis of Deir el-Bahari, on the west bank of the Nile, believe they have found the long-sought location of the tomb of the early 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose II (r. ca. 1492–1479 b.c.).
1 min |
September/October 2020
Archaeology
A Sylk Road Renaissance
Excavations in Tajikistan have unveiled a city of merchant princes that flourished from the fifth to the eighth century A.D.
10+ min |
July/August 2020
Archaeology
LETTER FROM NORMANDY: THE LEGACY OF THE LONGEST DAY
More than 75 years after D-Day, the Allied invasion’s impact on the French landscape is still not fully understood
10+ min |
July/August 2020
Archaeology
Idol of the Painted Temple
On Peru’s central coast, an ornately carved totem was venerated across centuries of upheaval and conquest
8 min |
July/August 2020
Archaeology
THE EMPEROR OF STONES
In the language of the Vikings, Old Norse, rök means “monolith,” and no other runestone stands out from its peers in more ways than Sweden’s Rök.
3 min |
July/August 2020
Archaeology
HAGIA SOPHIA'S HIDDEN HISTORY
Unprecedented fieldwork in Istanbul has revealed new evidence of the cathedral at the heart of the Byzantine Empire
10+ min |
July/August 2020
Archaeology
THE POWER OF SECRET SOCIETIES
Clandestine groups throughout history have used shadowy rituals to control the world around them
10+ min |
July/August 2020
Archaeology
A Path To Freedom
At a Union Army camp in Kentucky, enslaved men, women, and children struggled for their lives and fought to be free
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Archaeology
Weapons of the Ancient World
How people of the past developed arms to master the challenges of their time
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Archaeology
THE KING'S CANAL
Rock reliefs in Iraqi Kurdistan show how Assyrian farmers toiled under the royal gaze
8 min |
May/June 2020
Archaeology
VILLAGES IN THE SKY
High in the Rockies, archaeologists have discovered evidence of mountain life 4,000 years ago
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Archaeology
SPLENDOR AT THE EDGE OF THE SAHARA
Excavations of a bustling medieval city tell the tale of a powerful Berber dynasty
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Archaeology
MEGASITES OF UKRAINE
Massive 6,000-year-old settlements are revolutionizing how archaeologists understand ancient cities
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Archaeology
Farm to Emperor's Table
Excavations reveal the inner workings of an ancient Roman imperial estate
10+ min |
November/December 2019
Archaeology
Life In The City Of The Gods
Inside the neighborhoods of Teotihuacan, Mesoamerica’s first great metropolis
10+ min |
November/December 2019
Archaeology
Magical Beasts Of Babylon
How the Ishtar Gate safeguarded the Mesopotamian world
5 min |
November/December 2019
Archaeology
Artists Of The Dark Zone
Deciphering Cherokee ritual imagery deep in the caves of the American South
10+ min |
November/December 2019
Archaeology
Searching For The Witches' Tower
Archaeologists hunt for evidence of a 17th-century English family accused of witchcraft
10+ min |
November/December 2019
Archaeology
Rites of the Scythians
Spectacular new discoveries from the Caucasus set the stage for a dramatic hilltop ritual.
10+ min |
July/August 2016
Archaeology
Timelines
Tracking when humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans crossed paths—and what became of their offspring.
7 min |
July/August 2016
Archaeology
Franklin's Last Voyage
After 170 years and countless searches, archaeologists have discovered a famed wreck in the frigid Arctic.
10+ min |
July/August 2016
Archaeology
Vietnam's First City
At the site of Co Loa, researchers are examining the foundations of power in Southeast Asia.
10+ min |
July/August 2016
Archaeology
Westminster Abbey's Hidden History
Far above the royal pomp and circumstance, archaeologists unexpectedly discover seven centuries of England’s past
4 min |
July/August 2018
Archaeology
An Etruscan Family Story
Surprising evidence of daily life and of one of Rome’s greatest conflicts is found in a wealthy residence in Tuscany
5 min |
July/August 2018
Archaeology
Romans On The Bay Of Naples
A spectacular villa under Positano sees the light.
3 min |
September/October 2016
Archaeology
The Alchemist's Tale
Long regarded as a charlatan’s game, alchemy is now taking its proper place in the history of science.
8 min |
January/February 2016
Archaeology
Saving Nero's Fabled Pleasure Palace
How archaeologists are saving Nero's fabled pleasure palace.
9 min |
September/October 2015
Archaeology
Conquistador Contagion
Conquistador Contagion
3 min |