The turning of the year is always a point to pause and reflect. For me, this issue marks a mindful milestone, as it is my ...

In 2010, a three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court weighed worship traditions, historical records and ASI excavations ...

For most people, the image that comes to mind at the mention of archaeology is ancient tombs or dinosaur fossils, not cutting ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

An isolated burial in Sudan has revealed the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took place nearly 4,000 years ago in a little-known African kingdom, a new study finds.

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 ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...

Last month, divers off the coast of South Korea retrieved 87 bowls and cups from the dark, swirling waters. The objects were ...

Archaeologists discovered 6,000-year-old flint tools beneath the Palace of Westminster that predate Stonehenge, along with medieval artifacts and Roman remains.

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can unravel with startling speed, but a growing body of evidence ...

Thousands of shipwrecks lie in the 4,080 square miles of the Bay and its feeder waters. The archaeologists, divers, and other ...

Archaeologist Shadia Abdrabo is working to create an online database of Sudan's archaeological sites and museum collections ...