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Archaeologist still depend upon tools used for hundreds of years, but some are taking advantage of what technology offers. Things like ground penetrating radar, microscopes, even satellites. Learn ...

Plastic is a useful and versatile material, but let’s face it: it’s a massive environmental problem. Virtually every piece of plastic ever created still exists in some form or another, whether it’s an ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 5,000 years, ...

Individuals recovered at the archaeological site of Cerro Juan Díaz shed more light on how the local communities buried and honored their dead Vanessa Crooks The field excavations of Cerro Juan Díaz, ...

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. In the grave, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from ...

Stone tools unearthed in southwest China helped a mysterious group eke out a living in a cold and harsh environment 60,000 to 50,000 years ago. But whose hands shaped them? The answer could shake up ...