Discovered off the coast of Spain, the ship was evidently smuggling cannons and silver ingots.

Archaeologist still depend upon tools used for hundreds of years, but some are taking advantage of what technology offers. Things like ground penetrating radar, microscopes, even satellites. Learn ...

The beer, made from cereal grains and masterfully fermented, was remarkably well-preserved for its age.

Introduction -- Science, art and archaeology -- Scientific study of archaeological materials during the Chinese Song Dynasty : a Shen Kua case study -- The role of science in western Chinese jade ...

Archaeological science integrates laboratory-based analyses, field-survey techniques and computational methods to recover, characterise and interpret traces of past human activity. Drawing on physics, ...

The remarkable discoveries include the best-preserved early image of Jesus discovered near the Turkish city of Iznik ...

An archaeologist in Sweden spent three years traveling in vessels built like those from 1,000 years ago. He discovered lost sea routes, hidden trade harbors and new respect for Viking seamanship. By ...

Modern plaster cast of the collocatio relief from the Tomb of the Haterii, Rome, taken from a cast in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. The original relief is now in the Musei Vaticani, Museo ...

An undergraduate student was startled after a finely carved ancient head rolled out during a recent excavation – and seemed to smile back at her. The discovery, made at Skaill Farm on the Scottish ...

Do archaeologists only work in the dirt? No, let’s join archaeologists as they go under the sea. Not every archaeologist works in the dirt. Some search for finds under the water. Watch scuba divers ...

The center opened to the public in April. Archaeologists at the living history village had to move millions of delicate, ...