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Human bones are laid out on a blue cloth. Behind them is a photo of them in the earth
Rare gems in skeleton’s teeth challenges thinking about Medieval women
A Salvadoran father carries his son tries as he tries to board a train with another immigrant and head to the Mexican-U.S. border, in Huehuetoca, near Mexico City.
Arts
MacArthur grant winner studies the things left behind at the US-Mexico border
“Underground astronauts” Marina Elliott and Becca Peixotto work inside the cave where fossils of H. naledi, a new species of human relative, were discovered. The find was announced by the University of the Witwatersrand, the National Geographic Society an
Science
Her 4-foot-10 frame helped her discover a new human ancestor
The head of a mummy from the Chinchorro culture, which is found in northern Chile.
Science
As Chile’s climate changes, the world’s oldest mummies are turning moldy
Isle of Wight coastal area
Science
Scientists dig in to paleosoil to find out why some civilizations learned to farm earlier
One of the artifacts found at the base of a pyramid at the archealogical site. It’s suggested it could be the effigy of a "were-jaguar," part of a still-buried ceremonial seat, or "metate."
Science
Have archaeologists discovered the ‘Lost City of the Monkey God?’
900 de Maisonneuve West office building development project in downtown Montreal
Business
A proposed Montreal high-rise may be located on an aboriginal burial ground
A boy selling antiques in Old Aleppo, January 2015. Archaeological treasures, thousands of years old, are being openly looted and traded In Syria and neighboring nations.
Conflict
Modern day ‘Monuments Men’ try to save antiquities from ISIS
Syrian art
Conflict
America isn’t doing much to stop a booming trade in looted Syrian art
Conflict & Justice
Ukraine’s Asgarda martial arts program recasts Amazon warrior women
New study looks at why ancient South American culture mummified its dead
Environment
Scientist discover evidence of Neanderthals being responsible for early cave paintings
Environment
Mysterious cave art thought to be done by children 13,000 years ago
Arts, Culture & Media
Iraq’s national museum reopens
Environment
Archeological surprises uncovered after BP oil spill
Conflict & Justice
Ukraine’s Asgarda: Reinventing the Amazon Warrior Women
Arts, Culture & Media
CT Scans Reveal Ancient Mummies with Heart Disease
Arts, Culture & Media
Why the South American Chinchorro People Made the First Mummies
Arts, Culture & Media
Channel Islands: Buried Treasure in a Potato Field
Arts, Culture & Media
Who Were the Ancient Artists in Spain’s El Castillo Cave?
Arts, Culture & Media
Egypt Looters Ransack Archaeological Sites
Arts, Culture & Media
Mysterious ‘Nazca’ Lines Found in Mideast
Arts, Culture & Media
Treasure of Egyptian antiquities
URBAN PETROGLYPH
Overflowing Artifacts
From Mesopotamia to Iraq
Ice Archaeology
Conflict & Justice
Takeouts: discovering how King Tut really died, new airport screening measures
Arts, Culture & Media
Amazon geoglyphs
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
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