The episode unfolding in central Assam, India, begins with ordinary labor and an unexpected interruption. In a paddy field ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A paleontologist cleaning a skeleton during an archaeology dig; illustrative. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK) Using muon detectors, ...

New archaeological techniques are being used to analyze artifacts uncovered during digs at the Collier Lodge site along the Kankakee River. Mark Schurr, an anthropology professor at the University of ...

This summer, Route 2 drivers might have noticed a large mound of dirt in the parking lot at Milton’s Sand Bar State Park and a group of people digging beside it. This excavation team, made up of ...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 20 University of North Florida archaeology students are spending their summer digging deep in the dirt at the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. This project ...

On a crisp October morning, a small group of Brandeis archaeology students hover above a mysterious wooden shipwreck. Its age and provenance are unknown—but as the group sifts through the fine sand at ...

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STAUNTON — It's the first day of the archaeological dig at Cabell Log House and there's an excitement in the air. Nine students from James Madison University with their professor, archeologist Dr.

There’s a running joke on Chinese social media that Xi’an’s subway system has the worst feng shui—not because it’s cursed, but because the tracks have to twist and turn to avoid all the tombs buried ...