A trove of more than 80 metal objects in Mississippi appear to be from Hernando de Soto's expedition there. The Chickasaws gave them new purpose.
Knowing the population of ancient Angkor in Cambodia is key to understanding how climate change will affect today's cities, say archaeologists.
Wealth and status were no protection from parasitic infections in 19th century New Hampshire, samples from an excavated outhouse reveal.
The shells of ostrich eggs, left in ancient trash heaps called middens, outperform other methods of dating for studying early Homo sapiens.
About 20,000 adult T. rex probably lived in North America at any one time. That's a total of 2.5 billion over about 2 1/2 million years it walked the Earth.
Whatever ultimately caused inhabitants to abandon Cahokia, it wasn't because they cut down too many trees, an investigation finds.
Parrot mummies found in the Atacama Desert reveal that, between 1100 and 1450 CE, traders brought birds from over 300 miles away to oasis communities.
Archaeologists have long debated the relationship of psychedelics to rock art. New evidence from Pinwheel Cave in California clarifies the connection.
New research uncovers lead compounds in red and black inks on ancient Egyptian papyrus. Here's why that's notable.
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