A road crew breaks ground for a new construction project and uncovers an ancient cemetery. Workers renovating a city street discover a centuries-old road buried beneath the pavement. Moments like ...

What is the past? It may seem a simple question to answer, but it is more complex than we might think at first. As science, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Often when people hear the word "archaeologist," they think of an iconic film character like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft. However, ...

For a student who has never held an ancient artifact, a relic proves our history beyond argument. It connects us to distant ...

New excavations at Marina El Alamein, ancient Leukaspis, reveal 18 Ptolemaic and Roman tombs with rare amulets and gold sheets used in “golden tongue” rites, enriching Mediterranean archaeology. View ...

Oregon State’s archaeology field school gives students hands-on experience in Indigenous cultural preservation and community history.

A new study reveals how island archaeology could guide future colonists to Mars, Jupiter and beyond, however the traces of past endeavours are at risk ...

The 4,000-year-old skeleton of a metalworker was first found in 1803. Italy's culture minister says it is one of the most important underwater archaeological finds in years. The hot summer reveals ...

Scantily clad tomb raiders and cloistered scholars piecing together old pots -- these are the kinds of stereotypes of archaeology that dominate public perception. Yet archaeology in the new millennium ...

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. An academic conference devoted to “Archaeology and Site Conservation in Judea and Samaria” (the biblical name for the ...