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The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
4d ago
More lost shipwrecks are being found because of new technology, climate change and more vessels scanning the ocean floor for science or commerce ..read more
The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
6d ago
A nearly 2,000-year-old stash pouch provides the first evidence of the intentional use of a powerful psychedelic plant in Western Europe during the Roman Era ..read more
The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
6d ago
An archaeological site in Ethiopia revealed the oldest-known arrowheads and the remnants of a major volcanic eruption ..read more
The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
1w ago
The study, based on research featured in a Netflix documentary, fueled debate over a site that is used for Islamic and Hindu rituals ..read more
The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
1w ago
The superbly preserved remains of a Bronze Age settlement offer a glimpse of a “colorful, rich, varied” domestic life circa 850 B.C ..read more
The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
1w ago
Trevor Penny was magnet fishing in an English waterway near Oxford when he pulled out a rusty sword. Experts say it’s a Viking sword that is probably more than 1,000 years old ..read more
The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
2w ago
A marble head from the first or second century was found buried in England. But how did it get there ..read more
The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
2w ago
El ADN ha demostrado que esos humanos ya extintos se extendieron por todo el mundo, desde la fría Siberia hasta el Tíbet, a una gran altitud, quizá incluso en las islas del Pacífico ..read more
The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
3w ago
A panel of experts voted down a proposal to officially declare the start of a new interval of geologic time, one defined by humanity’s changes to the planet ..read more
The New York Times | Archaeology and Anthropology
3w ago
Mainstream science has done its best to debunk the notion, but a belief in a world-changing series of prehistoric impacts continues to gain momentum ..read more