American History
Juan Ponce de León Named Florida — Now His Boulevard Is Being Dug Up
Juan Ponce de León never found his fountain of youth, but the Florida boulevard bearing his name is now being excavated for an 11-story luxury tower — exposing five centuries of Spanish…
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Ancient History
Sealed Etruscan Tomb at Tarquinia Lay Untouched for 2,600 Years
A sealed chamber at the Etruscan necropolis of Tarquinia has yielded four intact skeletons and more than 100…
Ancient History
Andrew Ramage Spent 60 Years Refusing to Let the Lydians Vanish
Andrew Ramage, professor emeritus at Cornell and one of the foremost scholars of Lydian and Etruscan material culture,…
Ancient History
Abraham Paid 400 Shekels for a Cave — and Archaeology Backs the Receipt
When Abraham bought the Cave of Machpelah for 400 silver shekels, he created what may be the oldest…
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Ancient History
What Battlefield Archaeology Reveals Contradicts Written History
Cold War
Bill Lear Built His Private Jet from a Crashed Cold War Fighter’s Blueprints
Ancient History
Medieval Grave Robbers Dug a Secret Tunnel Into a 6,000-Year-Old German Tomb
American History
Alamo Cannonballs Buried 187 Years Finally Map the Siege’s True Firing Lines
Middle Ages
Pope Stephen VI Dug Up His Dead Predecessor and Put the Corpse on Trial
Ancient History
Joya de Cerén: The Maya Village a Volcano Buried — and Perfectly Preserved
Ancient History
A Shaman Got High on Cannabis 2,800 Years Ago — Now There’s Proof
American History
How Archaeologists Read Dirt: What Opening an Excavation Unit Actually Finds
Archaeology
400-Year-Old Shipwreck Lock Sat Sealed for Decades — CT Scans Cracked It
Ancient History
9 Biggest Myths About Archaeology in the Time of the Apostles
