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.

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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We might finally know how the pyramids were built

Breakthrough studies are beginning to paint a spectacular picture.
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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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Some (very creepy) secrets of Mayan human sacrifices have been uncovered

Note to self: avoid being an identical twin in ancient Mayan culture.
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We might finally know how the biggest Egyptian pyramids were built

Aliens might not be behind Egypt's wonders after all.
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Scientists capture Egyptian mummy’s ‘scent of eternity' - and are pumping it through a museum

This is one perfume you probably wouldn’t want to wear.
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Were the bones of soldiers that died at the Battle of Waterloo sold as fertiliser? Probably, archaeologists say.

Very few human remains have been found at the site of the conflict despite thousands of soldiers being killed.
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4,500-year-old poo found near Stonehenge shows Neolithic Britons were infected with parasites

The parasites were also present in dog poo found at the site, suggesting that prehistoric humans fed leftovers to their pet pups.
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