Reconstruction of Iron Age helmet (top) from copper alloy fragments (above) found in the hoard. SNETTISHAM, ENGLAND—Metal ...

Archaeologists Discover the World’s Oldest 3D Map Inside a Cave, Hosts Three Different Styles of Ancient Art A cave shelter ...

According to a Live Science report, Roman graves were discovered during the excavation of the site of an eighteenth-century ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have unearthed a “once-in-a-century” discovery which has been buried under piles of rock and ash in ...

This story appears in the February 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Archaeology is a messy business. Digging holes—in the dirt, in the sand, and in the rain forest—is essential.