5 days ago · Archaeology The oldest known dice date back about 12,000 years in North America A study of ancient artifacts suggests Native American dice games began thousands of years earlier …

Dec 17, 2024 · Archaeology’s top discoveries of 2024 include preserved brains and a lost city Preserved brains, arthritis in ancient Egypt and other finds made headlines

Mar 20, 2024 · Analyzing a new archive of 4,400 human brains cited in the archaeological record reveals the organ’s unique chemistry might prevent decay.

Aug 28, 2019 · Using tools leftover from ancient spindles and looms, textile archaeologists are starting to understand the fabrics of the past.

Aug 4, 2019 · In ‘Archaeology from Space,’ Sarah Parcak takes readers on a lively tour of the past, and archaeology of the 21st century.

Aug 6, 2025 · Stone tools unearthed on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi suggest that ancient human relatives arrived there between about 1 million and 1.5 million years ago — far earlier than previously ...

Jun 10, 2025 · Archaeology Precolonial farmers thrived in one of North America’s coldest places Ancestral Menominee people in what’s now Michigan’s Upper Peninsula grew maize and other crops …

4 days ago · Anthropology How to invent a realistic language for fictional speakers Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

Feb 18, 2022 · This pair of approximately 3,000-year-old pants, the oldest ever found, displays weaving techniques and decorative patterns that were influenced by cultures across Asia, researchers say. M. …

Feb 19, 2020 · At least two ancient paths to urban development existed, some archaeologists argue.