For decades, stories about the ancient Mediterranean have centered on the grand cultures of Greece, Rome, Phoenicia and Egypt ...

While recently swimming in the southeastern Mediterranean off the Carmel Coast, archaeology student Shlomi Katzin happened ...

An untouched Etruscan burial chamber has been opened near Rome, complete with skeletal remains, ritual vessels, and a ...

Dated to the ninth century C.E., a time when the Vikings ruled the area, the grave held the remains of at least 10 different ...

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For decades now, archaeologists wielded the tools of their trade to unearth clues about past peoples, while ecologists have sought to understand current ecosystems. But these well-established ...

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Archaeologists say they have discovered a structure near Stonehenge that may have served as a “prototype” for the monument.

Jerusalem event attracts hundreds, including dozens of scholars, but many in the field stay away and international ...

Through BYU Department of Anthropology ’s Archaeology Field School, students have the opportunity to participate in excavation, gain hands-on experience and create lasting memories. The field school ...

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 ...

The cannonball is made of iron and was found near the Alamo Church on the grounds of the mission and battle site, according ...