The Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae in Scotland’s Orkney Islands. In 1991, two tourists in the Italian Alps discovered Ötzi, a well-preserved, 5300-year-old mummy that was exposed by a melting ...

Archaeology has helped us understand how ancient civilisations lived, built, worshipped, and travelled. Yet, even with modern tools, satellite imaging, radiocarbon dating, LIDAR scanning, and DNA ...

The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements found in archaeological sites around the world. A mano is a hand-held stone ...