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Pride of India: Statistician CR Rao’s influence is widespread – The Higgs Boson, shape of the heart, archaeological digs & more
Indian-American scientist Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao's work in statistics has propelled the field …
A domesticated dog with powerful wolf jaws has been unearthed at a Stone Age dig in Sweden
It was buried 8,400 years ago as part of the 'grave goods' tradition where the dead are entombed wi…
Naina Bhardwaj
At least 10 bodies were found by researchers in a dig searching for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre
An estimated 150 to 300 people, who were mostly Black, were killed in the Tulsa Race Massacre, whic…
Lauren Frias
Skeleton found in England with a nail through its foot is evidence of Roman crucifixion, archeologists say
While crucifixion was believed to be relatively common in ancient Roman civilizations, archaeologic…
Rebecca Cohen,Erin Schumaker
A pit full of 6,200-year-old skeletons is now the oldest known example of 'indiscriminate, mass killing'
A study suggests that an ancient Croatian pit was the site of the world's oldest documented mass ki…
Aylin Woodward
Hundreds of ancient mammoth skeletons were found buried under the site of a future airport in Mexico
Archaeologists in Mexico dug up 200 mammoth skeletons at the site of a planned airport. The finding…
Susie Neilson
A perfectly preserved Ancient Roman mosaic floor was discovered underneath an Italian vineyard
It was discovered near the Italian city of Verona, nearly a century after the remains of a villa we…
Zoë Ettinger
Archaeologist breaks down 10 treasure hunting scenes in movies
How realistic are treasure hunter characters like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft? See a real archaeolo…
Meredith Geaghan-Breiner,Bret…
Archaeologists discovered an ancient city buried 30 miles outside Rome without ever digging it up
The discovery offers a window into life in ancient Rome, where people enjoyed shopping, bathing, an…
Aria Bendix
7 fascinating archaeological discoveries made this month
So far, the researchers have already found evidence of the tips of more than 50 objects, including …
Erin Brodwin
Ancient skulls that mirror ours are part of a handful of archaeological findings that rewrite human history
For decades, it's been generally accepted that the first humans to trek into the Americas - the one…
Erin Brodwin
9 mind-blowing archaeological discoveries that transformed history in 2015
This year, researchers across the globe have found evidence of everything from the earliest humans …
Erin Brodwin
A new platform will let you find undiscovered ancient archaeological sites from your laptop
Satellite imaging technology has improved so much in recent years that the possibility for finding …
Ariel Schwartz
ISIS is about to make A LOT of money off 'the archaeological equivalent of a beheading'
"[The regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad] is trying to mitigate the damage and perhaps prevent …
A 13-year-old girl helped unearth an ancient Roman town. She's finally getting credit for it over 90 years later.
In the 1930s, teen Helen Carlton-Smith and other female archaeologists excavated a Roman settlement.
Jenny McGrath
Archaeologists found a secret chamber at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and they have no idea what it is
Archaeologists used high-tech methods to find a strange L-shaped structure in Giza, Egypt. Above gr…
Jenny McGrath
Amateur archaeologists found a mysterious 12-sided object from the Roman Empire that experts can't explain
A group of amateur archaeologists found a mysterious 12-sided dodecahedron in England near an ancie…
Jenny McGrath
Stone Age skeletons show women were likely sacrificed in Mafia-style killings, say archaeologists
Ancient skeletons discovered in France linked to a form of murder used by the Italian Mafia.
Cameron Manley
Digital-twin technology could be an archaeologist's most powerful tool
Digital twins, or dynamic 3D replicas, are helping archeologists better explore their excavations.