NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

Across North America, archaeologists are rewriting what I thought I knew about the continent’s past, uncovering sites that are older, more complex, and more surprising than the history books ever ...

A new road trip of the Southwest’s Indigenous heartlands offers travellers a greater understanding of the past, present and future of the country’s original inhabitants. Along the way, culturally ...

A new study reveals that democracy was not limited to ancient Greece, showing shared governance existed across ancient societies worldwide.

1. Ancient bodies, ancient lives -- From bones to bodies using social theory -- Conceptualizing the work that bioarchaeologists do -- Bioarchaeology in the U.S. today -- Social bodies and lives, then ...

"Antiquity & America" uncovers a new history of curious and related phenomenon: the intensity and passion with which Mediterranean antiquities have long been collected by Americans, and the prominent ...

STONEHENGE? THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. WE’RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT TODAY. AFTER ABOUT 90 YEARS OF RESEARCH, MY FAMILY GOT INVOLVED WITH US BACK IN 1955. SO IT’S BEEN A BEEN A LONG ROAD ON THIS ...

NATCHITOCHES, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” long before people from “the old world” ...

Archeologists studying a forested area in northern Michigan say they've uncovered what is likely the largest intact remains of an ancient Native American agricultural site in the eastern half of the ...