Archaeology

Archaeology

If we don't understand our past, how can we be expected to prepare for our future? Archaeology is the study of human activity throughout history by studying ancient artefacts, structures and cultural landscapes, and goes hand in hand with the field of anthropology. Unlike what we are led to believe in films such as the Indiana Jones series, archaeology is a painstaking and meticulous scientific practise, with barely a whip or fedora in sight.

We didn’t conquer the world alone. This is humanity’s untold origin story

We’re discovering there were more characters, and more acts, in the tale of how Homo sapiens spread across the globe
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Are there any other Stonehenges?

Stonehenge is one of many ancient stone circles dotted around the world, in Japan, Australia and even the US
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We might finally know how the pyramids were built

Breakthrough studies are beginning to paint a spectacular picture.
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This strange skull has completely baffled scientists for 60 years – until now

The Petralona skull was discovered in Greece in 1960, yet who this person was or when they lived has remained a mystery
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An ancient tooth is reshaping what we know about Stonehenge

A single prehistoric cow tooth has revealed that Stonehenge’s builders may have brought more than just giant stones from Wales
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Archaeologists have unlocked new secrets of life in Pompeii

Far from being frozen in time, Pompeii lived on as a fragile community built among the ruins
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This tiny stone tool may have just rewritten human history

Who left them on this Indonesian island? No one knows... yet
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There may be an underground tomb hiding next to the Giza pyramids

It might be a hidden doorway, but experts aren’t sure
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Scientists have found what sounds eerily like Atlantis off Australia’s coast

Over half a million people may have lived in the lost landscapes north of Australia... before they were consumed by the ocean
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The hidden ancient mega-cities of the Amazon are finally revealing their secrets

Archaeologists are using advanced technology to uncover ancient settlements hidden in the dense jungles of the Amazon
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Mummy preserved with bizarre rectal embalming method discovered by archaeologists

The 18th-century priest had been stuffed with wood chips, twigs and fabric via his rectum
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This (creepy) Roman skeleton offers first proof of a gladiator fighting a lion – and losing

Bite marks from a Roman skeleton found in England have revealed the first physical evidence that gladiators fought with big cats. The results were not pretty
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Archaeologists uncover Maya ‘emotional wasteland’ littered with eerie skeletons

Archaeologists have uncovered a foreign altar buried deep in the heart of a Maya city – and the remains around it tell a chilling story
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Strange skeleton discovery could rewrite our history of the pyramids

Subtle markings on skeletons have thrown into question what we previously believed about who was buried in pyramids
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How we're about to solve the world’s greatest archaeological puzzle

Artificial intelligence is helping archaeologists unlock Earth’s oldest secrets.
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Incredible new Pompeii discovery reveals the lives of the ancient super-rich

They took saunas to the next level.
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Pompeii disaster victims aren’t who we think they are, study suggests

New DNA evidence paints a very different picture of the eruption.
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Scientists uncover two gigantic hidden ancient cities

Experts estimate without the technology, the cities would’ve taken decades to map out.
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Ice Age hunters tricked mammoths into impaling themselves: new study

New research suggests humans trapped Ice Age animals in a self-impaling system rather than through direct contact.
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Scientists have finally solved a major Stonehenge mystery

New findings highlight the origin of an important six-tonne part of the monument.
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This Egyptian mummy was found screaming 90 years ago. Now scientists might know why

3,500 years after she died, this Egyptian mummy is finally revealing her secrets.
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We might finally know how Egypt’s oldest pyramid was built

Just when you thought the Egyptians couldn’t get any smarter.
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Pompeii disaster survivors were killed by second mysterious force, study finds

People fleeing the deadly volcano were doomed from the start.
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Once-in-a-generation lunar standstill set to decode mysteries of Stonehenge

Experts are carefully watching the once-in-a-generation event to see whether the monument is aligned with the Moon.
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