Charts can be social artifacts that communicate more than just data

The degree to which someone trusts the information depicted in a chart can depend on their assumptions about who made the ...
Scientific American

Ancient Vulture Nests Reveal 600 Years of Human History—Including 25 Shoes

Mountain-rappeling scientists uncover a crossbow bolt, part of a slingshot and 25 ancient shoes in vulture nesting sites ...

Archaeologists Mapped a Lost Village That’s Been Hidden Beneath a Lake for 3,000 Years

The community living on Lake Mezzano 3,000 years ago left behind plenty of Bronze Age artifacts in addition to the wooden ...
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5,000 Years of Artifacts: Exploring the British Museum with Jahannah James

Kayleigh joins fellow creator Jahannah James on a private exploration of the British Museum’s ancient exhibits. Together they ...

Rare 19th-century coins found after fire at historic tavern

Last December, flames engulfed Ohio’s Overfield Tavern Museum. Now archaeologists get to dig beneath the floorboards.

5,000-year-old tools made of human skulls unearthed, including masks and cups

Drinking from skulls might not be limited to lurid serial killer movies. Archaeologists have exhumed skull cups and skeleton ...

Massive burial uncovered in 2,200-year-old city confirms four chapters in the Bible

Archaeologists have uncovered at least 65 ancient tombs in Turkey, which prove the existence of an ancient city mentioned in ...
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Vikings really did reach North America a thousand years ago — and now we know exactly when

Overall, the study tells us that by 1021 CE, the Vikings were already in North America. They could have been there earlier, ...

Susie Ferrara tells the story of Cold War women's contributions in the early days of SRS

Susie Ferrara, manager of the SRS Cold War Historic Preservation Program, described the history of the Savannah River Plant, and the contributions made by women there, at the Aiken Standard's Women ...

Where the jewels stolen from the Louvre Museum might end up

NEW YORK (AP) — Just days after a stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, speculation is growing around where the ...

Archaeologists have discovered rare 19th-century coins under a burnt-out tavern in Ohio

In the American city of Troy (Ohio), archaeologists have found rare coins and other artifacts from the 19th century under the ...