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Nan Madol: The City Built on Coral Reefs

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:26 GMT

One of the oldest archaeological sites not on a heritage list, this Pacific state, like Easter Island, is an engineering marvel

The Smithsonian's Crystal Skull

Fri, 30 May 2008 09:19:59 GMT

How the museum's quartz cranium highlights the epic silliness of the new Indiana Jones movie

Genghis Khan’s Treasures

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:03:59 GMT

Beneath the ruins of Genghis Khan’s capital city in Central Asia, archaeologists discovered artifacts from cultures near and far

Chasing the Lydian Hoard

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:27:49 GMT

Author Sharon Waxman digs into the tangle over looted artifacts between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Turkish government

Rome Reborn

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Archaeologists unveil a 3-D model of the great city circa A.D. 400

Where Dinosaurs Roamed

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Footprints at one of the nation's oldest—and most fought over—fossil beds offer new clues to how the behemoths lived

Ancient Greece Springs to Life

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:36:35 GMT

Athens’ New Acropolis Museum comes to America in an exhibition highlighting treasures of antiquity

Digs - Finding Feisty Fungi - May09

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT

In a place where no one believed they existed–-treeless Antartica–wood fungi are feasting on polar exploration relics

Unlocking Mysteries of the Parthenon

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:17:18 GMT

Restoration of the 2,500-year-old temple is yielding new insights into the engineering feats of the golden age's master builders

Bingham's List - In Dispute - Sidebar

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Controversy swirls as to whether an archaeologist's claim to fame as the discoverer of Machu Picchu has any merit

The Tomb of Queen Sesheshet

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:38:00 GMT

A recently discovered pyramid and tomb in Egypt may shed light on a dark episode in a pharaonic tradition of court intrigue

Arthur Lubow on “On the March”

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:44:10 GMT

A recently discovered pyramid and tomb in Egypt may shed light on a dark episode in a pharaonic tradition of court intrigue

Phenomena - Forest Primeval - July09

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

An Illinois coal mine holds a snapshot of life on earth 300 million years ago, when a massive earthquake "froze" a swamp in time

Digs: Bodies of Evidence - Feb09

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Excavations at a cemetery in a Thai village reveal a 4,000-year-old indigenous culture

Digs - Devil's Half Acre - March09

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT

The excavation of a notorious jail recalls Virginia's leading role in the slave trade

In Iraq, a Monastery Rediscovered

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:03:07 GMT

Near Mosul, War Has Helped and Hindered Efforts to Excavate the 1,400-Year-Old Dair Mar Elia Monastery

Showing Their Age - Fossil Dating

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Dating the Fossils and Artifacts that Mark the Great Human Migration

Acropolis Now

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:16:58 GMT

A modern museum of ancient Greece rises near the Parthenon

The Great Human Migration

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Why humans left their African homeland 80,000 years ago to colonize the world

Richard Covington Q&A

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Why humans left their African homeland 80,000 years ago to colonize the world

Digging up Egypt's Treasures

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:03:35 GMT

The ten most significant discoveries in the past 20 years

The Lost Fort of Columbus

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:01:31 GMT

On his voyage to the Americas in 1492, the explorer built a small fort somewhere in the Caribbean

Head Case

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:20:44 GMT

Two fossils found in Kenya raise evolutionary questions

Underwater World

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:06:32 GMT

New evidence reveals a city beneath ancient Alexandria

The Strange Lives of Polar Dinosaurs

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:01:59 GMT

How did they endure months of perpetual cold and dark?

Bones to Pick

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:10:39 GMT

Paleontologist William Hammer hunts dinosaur fossils in the Antarctic

Taking a Dinosaur's Temperature-sidebar

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:08:33 GMT

Polar species heat up one of paleontology's great debates

Archaeology

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:37:07 GMT

Polar species heat up one of paleontology's great debates

New Light on Stonehenge

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT

The first dig in 44 years inside the stone circle changed our view of why—and even when—the monument was built

Were "Hobbits" Human? - Migration sidebar

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Debate rages over an Indonesian fossil find

The World's First Temple? - Turkey

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization

Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:12:00 GMT

Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago

Road Warrior

Tue, 19 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT

French amateur archaeologist Bruno Tassan fights to preserve a neglected 2,000-year-old ancient interstate in southern Provence

Ancient Cities Lost to the Seas

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:54:00 GMT

Dunwich, England, is one of several underwater sites where divers are discovering new information about historic cultures

Phenomena - Evolution's Big Bang - Aug09

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

A storied trove of fossils from a Canadian paleontological site is yielding new clues to an explosion of life on earth

Finding Herod's Tomb

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

After a 35-year search, an Israeli archaeologist is certain he has solved the mystery of the biblical figure’s final resting place

Andrew Curry on "The World's First Temple?"

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:00:00 GMT

After a 35-year search, an Israeli archaeologist is certain he has solved the mystery of the biblical figure’s final resting place