You've heard of Pompeii and the volcano that wiped it out, but how much do you REALLY know about this incredibly famous place? Turns out there are a lot of mysteries that researchers are still studying, from the timing and causes of...

In the 1930s, a skeleton was discovered at the bottom of a well at the site of a medieval Norwegian fortress, severely injured and buried under large rocks. And to uncover his story, we need a combination of carbon dating, genetics,...

With some background information covered, we can now begin to learn about archeological excavation. What goes on at a dig? How do they work? There's more to it than you think, so let's take a look!

Archeological excavation is an inherently destructive process. And for a long time, archeology was practiced unethically. One egregious practice was the taking of human remains from communities who did not want to be disturbed. Good...

LAKE TITICACA LAKE TITICACA IS THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE LAKE IN THE WORLD. SPREAD ACROSS THE BORDER BETWEEN BOLIVIA AND PERU IT SPANS OVER 8,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES AT A HEIGHT OF OVER 3,800 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

Researchers in Turkey are excavating at Karahan Tepe, which is believed to be much older than Gobekli Tepe, previously considered the oldest site. Karahan Tepe, with its T-shaped obelisks and animal carvings, suggests a prehistoric...

According to Hindu legend, a mystical kingdom with 900 palaces made of gold was believed to have existed, with some claiming it to be located underwater off the coast of modern Dwarka, Western India. This ancient city, part of the Char...

Historian and classicist Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (Cambridge) highlights the dangers of trying to infer details of the past based upon contemporary archaeological research that could well be much more incomplete than we imagine.

The Temple of Artemis at Sardis, the fourth largest Ionic temple in the world, is situated dramatically on the western slopes of the Acropolis. The area might have been sacred to Artemis from the earliest days onward as attested by a...

The Greek historian and father of history, Herodotus, notes that the city was founded by the sons of Hercules, the Heraclides.The earliest reference to Sardis is in The Persians of Aeschylus (472 BC); in the Iliad, the name Hyde seems to...

What was this place like? What insights did they find there when excavating?<br/>
The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement, Part 2

The synagogue was a section of a large bath-gymnasium complex, that was in use for about 450 - 500 years. In the beginning, middle of the 2nd century AD, the rooms the synagogue is situated in were used as changing rooms or resting rooms.

The Bath-Gymnasium complex, one of at least two monumental bath buildings in the city, is located near the northwestern city limits and covers 23,000 square meters. In plan, the complex belongs to a Roman bath type called "Imperial"...