Two new exhibitions at the Museum of Sydney put local archaeology on show, and invite visitors to hunt for relics.
At the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the archaeology department has over 1 million artifacts from all over the ...
On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey's vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life ...
History Hit's Tristan Hughes explores the destruction of Pompeii, using extraordinary eyewitness testimony and the ...
For most people, the image that comes to mind at the mention of archaeology is ancient tombs or dinosaur fossils, not cutting-edge tech. However, in order to unearth such things or make sense of ...
Last month, divers off the coast of South Korea retrieved 87 bowls and cups from the dark, swirling waters. The objects were ...
During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...
Archaeologists suspect the ancient society carried out two types of human sacrifices – one that involved mass burials of men ...
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The Ten Best Science Books of 2025

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...
Researchers reviewed a number of studies pointing to the early use of plant foods by prehistoric humans and discovered that ...
The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made ...