Live Science: A Face from the Bible May Appear in This Tiny Sculpture
"A tiny but intricately carved sculpture of what may be the head of a biblical king, dating back over 2,800 years, has been discovered at [...]
Associated Press: Walrus bones provide clues to mystery of lost Viking colony
"Clues to the mystery of why Viking colonies in Greenland flourished and fell have been found in the DNA of medieval walrus bones housed in [...]
Smithsonian Magazine: Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish?
"Newly discovered evidence is upending our understanding of how early settlers made a life on the island — and why they suddenly disappeared" By Tim [...]
Harvard Magazine: Digging Deep into Chinese History
"[The Tao River Archaeological Project] was begun in 2012 to investigate technological changes in Northwest China during the late third and early second millennia B.C.E., [...]
Oxford Brookes University: New population of the secretive bay cat discovered on Borneo
"Scientists are one step closer to understanding the secretive bay cat after capturing camera trap footage of species in a forest where it was thought [...]
Smithsonian Magazine: Mystery of the Varna Gold: What Caused These Ancient Societies to Disappear?
"Treasure found in prehistoric graves in Bulgaria is the first evidence of social hierarchy, but no one knows what caused the civilization’s decline." By Andrew [...]
Backdirt: Out of the Classroom and into the Field
"Out of the Classroom and into the Field: Ran Boytner and the Field School Revolution" Founder and Executive Director of the IFR, Dr. Ran Boytner, was [...]
Backdirt: The Ifugao Archaeological Project
The Ifugao Rice Terraces are UNESCO World Heritage monuments that attest to the ingenuity and communitarian management of Cordilleran people of Luzon in the Philippines. [...]
Daily Bruin: UC students and professors participate in summer excavation in Greece
Human activity in Pieria ranges from the Late Neolithic (3,500 BCE) through Hellenistic (330-150 BCE) periods. The Ancient Methone Archaeological Project explored the dynamics of landscape [...]
Orange Country Register: Who is buried in the potter’s field?
For nearly 100 years (1908-2008), unidentified remains in San Bernardino County California have been buried in a three acre plot of land located in [...]