Prehistoric remains in Tassili n'Ajjer in southwestern Algeria. This huge plateau, inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage since 1982, hosts rock carvings chronicling nearly 10,000 years of history.

The infrastructure of humanity's journey into space may only be decades old, but some of it has already been lost. A new generation of "space archaeologists" are scrambling to save what's left. Space ...

Today’s state of extreme economic inequality is a problem best approached with science — using it to make specific measurements, identify root causes, and develop workable solutions. Archaeology is ...

For most people, the image that comes to mind at the mention of archaeology is ancient tombs or dinosaur fossils, not cutting ...

What’s the first thing you notice when you step into a museum? Is it the long-faded colors of ancient artifacts from all around the world or the hushed sounds of visitors discussing what they see?

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Experimental archaeology takes a hands-on approach to understanding the past. Instead of just studying ancient objects ...

Archaeology in Oceania : themes and issues / Ian Lilley -- Revisiting the past : changing interpretations of Pleistocene settlement subsistence and demography in Northern Australia / Sue O'Connor and ...

"रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मः" — Rama is the embodiment of righteousness. The Ramayana — an epic deeply woven into India’s spiritual and cultural fabric — tells the story of Lord Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, ...