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Dr. Mostafa Waziry, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities speaks to media near the Gold Coffin of Nedjemankh during a...

World Jan 02

U.S. returns looted 2,500-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt

By Associated Press

Science Dec 20

Burial complex uncovered in Israel with possible link to Jesus' midwife, Salome
Archaeologists excavate ‘Jesus’s midwife’ tomb in Israel

The Israeli antiquities authority says archaeologists are excavating an ancient tomb traditionally associated with Jesus's midwife in the hills southwest of Jerusalem.

By Associated Press

Science Dec 09

An undated artist’s reconstruction of the Kap Kobenhavn formation in northernmost Greenland
Unlocking the oldest known DNA revealed a ‘lost’ Greenland from 2 million years ago

Today, the northern tip of Greenland is a barren Arctic desert, but back then it was a lush landscape of trees and vegetation with an array of animals, even the now extinct mastodon.

By Maddie Burakoff, Associated Press

Arts Sep 07

cultureatrisk
Watch 8:15
Smithsonian and U.S. Army join forces to save works of art and culture threatened by war

A new collaboration between the U.S. Army and the Smithsonian Institution is expanding the numbers and capabilities of monuments officers in times of war. Their mission is to advise military commanders on how to minimize damage to art and key…

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport

Nation Oct 08

Jack Gary
Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

The brick foundation of one of the oldest Black churches in the United States has been unearthed by archeologists at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.

By Ben Finley, Associated Press

Aug 25

Rock fall at Grand Canyon reveals ancient animal footprints

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

They say the creature that made the tracks is something like a modern-day chuckwalla lizard that strolled in sand dunes in a coastal plain more than 300 million years ago.

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Apr 09

Scientists discover evidence for Neanderthal handiwork

By Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press

Scientists have found the first direct evidence that Neanderthals could make string.

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Oct 28

Cradle of modern human life found in Botswana…maybe

By Nsikan Akpan

The motherland of all motherlands has been genetically pinpointed in northern Botswana, but is it truly the source of modern humans?…

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May 16

Why it’s so hard to grasp the sum of the Islamic State’s archaeological looting

By Fiona Greenland, James Marrone, Oya Topçuoğlu, Tasha Vorderstrasse, The Conversation

Looted artifacts are believed to be a significant source of income for the Islamic State, but it is difficult to apply a dollar value to historic sites. Now, a paper in the International Journal of Cultural Property offers the first…

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Apr 13

Watch 9:38
The hunt is on for the last slave ship to arrive in the U.S.

By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman

Archaeologists are analyzing data from a survey of Alabama’s Mobile River, looking for the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in America. The ship's survivors were enslaved for a few years before forming a unique community, Africatown. Clotilda…

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