Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Often when people hear the word "archaeologist," they think of an iconic film character like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft. However, ...

It is generally accepted by archaeologists that modern humans originated in Africa and dispersed worldwide, while other ...

Workers were just starting construction on a new apartment complex in northeastern Brazil when they began finding human bones and pottery shards, their edges worn smooth by time. Soon, excavations at ...

In this excerpt from “Archaeology from Space,” Sarah Parcak recounts who inspired her to become a space archaeologist, from her grandfather to Indiana Jones. The following is an excerpt of Archaeology ...

A group of volunteer archaeologists excavating the remnants of a Gallic site on the north coast of France has discovered a 200-year-old message from a previous archaeologist. In recent years there has ...

Liu Bin, former Zhejiang University professor who discovered the Liangzhu ruins, admits taking bribes and embezzlement.