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The article focuses on the discovery of Homo naledi specimens in three cave chambers within the Rising Star cave system in Dinaledi, South Africa by a team led by paleoanthropologist Juliet Brophy of Louisiana State University. Among the discoveries include an adult male who has been named by the team as Neo and the skull of a young female whom they named as Leti. Topics discussed include the team's theory on the Homo naledi people's culture of burying the dead.

The article reports on the discovery by archaeologist Noe David Michael and his team of multiple buildings dating to Umayyad and Abbasid periods at a construction site in the Rahat town of Israel's Negev Desert revealing evidence of the effects of Islam in the region between 7th- and 9th-centuries.

The article provides archaeological information on Lembah Bujang or the Bujang Valley of Malaysia. Topics include evidence of a civilization bearing the influence of the Indian subcontinent uncovered at the site such as traces of religious buildings and objects with motifs associated with Hinduism and Buddhism, several temple ruin sites unearthed by excavations in the valley such as remnants of a possible jetty, and the tradition of multiculturalism in the island of Penang.

The article examines from the village of Ozette on the western most point of Washington Olympic Peninsula, members of the Makah tribe hunted whales and fished for halibut. Topics include considered they smoked their catch on racks and in smokehouses and traded with neighboring groups from around the Puget Sound and nearby Vancouver Island.

The article examines that Muwekma Ohlone tribal members worked alongside archaeologists at two sites near the town of Sunol in the San Francisco Bay Area, within the group traditional territory.

The article offers travel tips for Jarlshof ruins in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, including viewing of artifacts uncovered during excavations at the site and a boat tour from the islands to the Broch of Mousa island.

The article reports on a study conducted by a research team led by paleogeneticist Eva-Maria Geigl to analyze the remains of equids discovered at a cemetery dating to between 2600 and 2200 B.C. in Umm el-Marra, which is Syria, and discusses the characteristics of these animals.

The article offers travel tips for San Pedro De Atacama, Chile, and includes information on the town's history, tours by hotels, and tourist attractions.

The article examines that castro people crafted elaborate gold and silver torcs, fashioned pendants featuring spiral and rosette motifs, and carved stone statues and engraved walls that decorated ritual bathing complexes. Topics include considered that a bath complex dating to before the Romans annexed the region in 19th b.c. feature a decorated stone slab and remnants of a system for pumping water from a nearby spring was discovered at Citânia de Briteiros in the 1930s.

The article focuses on the life stories of eight men who served on Mary Rose, an English warship that sank in 1545 during a battle with the French navy that can now be told.

The article offers travel tips for Oplontis, located in the modern city of Torre Anunziata, Italy including information on archaeological sites that are open for exploration, such as Villa Poppaea and Villa Regina.

The article offers information on a Maya ceremonial pyramid and courtyard complex found by archaeologists at Tikal, in present-day Guatemala, which is believed to have been a hub for connections between Tikal and the Teotihuakan, Mexico.

The article offers information on a layer of charcoal and fire-reddened earth that was uncovered by archaeologists at a church in Jamestown, Virginia that they determine as evidence of a blaze that consumed the church on September 19, 1676.

The article offers travel tips for the Old West mining town of Bodie in California and includes information on its museum and visitor center, tours from the nonprofit Bodie Foundation, and rafting the Merced River.

The article focuses on identification of baking bread with strains of yeast that may have been used by Middle Kingdom Egyptians to make bread and brew beer. It mentions archaeologist Serena Love is interested in brewing beer using Egyptian recipes and scholars have attempted to piece together by studying tomb paintings and analyzing the microstructure of starch preserved in archaeological record. It also mentions biologist Richard Bowman has developed a yeast-extraction method.

The article offers travel tips for Chalcatzingo, Mexico and includes recommendations for archaeological site excursions.

The article reveals archaeological discoveries in Zakros, Greece. Topics discussed include description on the hub at the site of Zakros, known as a palace, built by a community of Minoan traders some 3,500 years ago at the mouth of a harbor on the far eastern end of Crete, remarks from archaeologist D. Matthew Buell of Trent University, and features of the site and other tourist attractions in Zakros.

The article offers travel tips for Saint Helena, a volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, roughly midway between southern Africa and Brazil, and includes recommendations on how to reach the island and the sites of interest around the island.

The article reports that the Folkton Drums and Lavant Drum, previously believed to have been simply works of Neolithic art, actually appear to be standards of measurement. Topics include measurements taken from the Neolithic site of Stonehenge in England indicating the use of standardized measurements similar to a modern foot known as a long foot, measurements of the drums done by archaeologist Anne Teather found direct relationship between the drums and the long foot, and standards used to quarry the stones used to build Stonehenge.

The article provides information on the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument in Texas. Topics discussed include the identification of the site by archaeologists as the source of tools dating back to the Clovis culture and several tourist attractions that include several house foundations and petroglyphs such as depictions of turtles, human feet, and a bison.

The article offers information on mining city of Ouro Preto, in southeastern Brazil, is one of the best-preserved colonial settlements in the New World and Indigenous people flooded the mountainous region. It mentions Archaeologist Luana Campos Akinruli of the Federal University of Minas Gerais have focused on these eurocentric events and archaeology has begun to shed light on the experiences. It also mentions enslaved African and Afro-Brazilian peoples.

The article focuses on Gunung Kawi complex in Bali, Indonesia built to memorialize the Balinese ruler Anak Wungsu. It mentions Gunung Kawi, as well as nearby Tirta Empul, a water temple just half a mile north that has been visited for centuries by pilgrims seeking ritual purification, is nestled within an ancient landscape of rice terraces and irrigation canals. It also mentions inextricable connection between Balinese agriculture and religious life.

The article reports that Royal Navy diver Chris Murray discovered Neolithic ceramics while exploring crannogs in bodies of water on Scotland's Isle of Lewis and archaeologists Duncan Garrow found that the artificial islets crannogs were occupied starting in middle of the fourth millennium B.C.

The article focuses on archaeological site of Rathcroghan, western Ireland, and build stone structures and earthworks, and site include Oweynagat, or the Cave of the Cats, a cavern referenced in Ireland's epics and well-signposted walks pass by buildings and fortifications.

The article discusses the Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi C bacterium that caused the 1545 huey cocoliztli, or “great pestilence," in MesoAmerica following Spanish conquistadors' colonization of Mexico. It references a study by archaeologist Christina Warinner and Åshild Vågene on the graves, the DNA from human remains and deaths caused by the 1545 epidemic.

The article reports that zooarchaeologist Christina Giovas of Simon Fraser University identified a partial peccary jawbone and specimen has been radiocarbon dated to between 1645 and 1800, and strontium isotope signatures which suggest the peccary spent its whole life on Barbados.

The article focuses on Avertok Archaeology Project is led by Lisa Rankin in partnership with the Nunatsiavut government. It mentions researchers are searching for archaeological evidence of Agvituk and have uncovered a mix of indigenous and European artifacts dating. It also mentions anglers can enjoy ice fishing in the winter and rod fishing and diverse marine landscape.

The article focuses on bundle of drug paraphernalia discovered in southwest Bolivia has been found which contain an array of psychotropic substances and researchers have identified traces of tobacco, coca, the raw materials of a psychoactive snuff called vilca or cebil, and Banisteriopsis caapi.

This article reports on the discovery of a shipwreck dating to the 16th century off the coast of the Netherlands, which included a cargo of copper plates belonging to the Fugger family, a prominent German banking family of the time.

This article reports on an archaeological discovery in May 2018 of a figurine workshop from the Maya civilization in Coban, Guatemala, dating from between 750 and 900 A.D.

The article reports that Bronze Age burial sites in Spain's Catalan sites of Can Roqueta and Minferri have found foxes buried with women as well as thirty dogs. Analysis suggests that the foxes were fed by the villagers, as their diets were similar.

The article discusses the high technology artifacts at Glen Eyrie estate in Colorado Springs, Colorado, owned by U.S. Civil War veteran William Jackson Palmer, including dry-cell batteries and a power plant.

The article discusses the discovery of high leather medieval work boots believed to be worn by a working class man during the late medieval period in southeast London, England.

The article discusses the Neolithic carvings on the stones in the passage tomb in Boyne Valley, Ireland dating to approximately 3,800 B.C.E., including in regard to the beginning of agriculture during this time.

The article discusses the bright colors of the medieval floor tiles in the remains of a Norman-era cathedral, which is currently Bath Abbey in England.

The article discusses the depiction of sexuality related to Greek mythology in a public latrine mosaic from the 2nd century A.D. in the extinct city of Antiochia ad Cragum, in southern Turkey, including its portrayal of the Greek legendary character Narcissus.

The article offers advice on visiting Thingvellir National Park in Iceland, noting an exhibit on the site's history, the viewing of the northern lights, and museums in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The article offers information on the city of Ouidah in the Republic of Benin, including historical sites to visit and a suggestion to also visit the city of Cotonou.

The article discusses an excavation led by anthropologist Anagnostis Agelarakis of Adelphi University at Eleutherna, a fortified city-state in Crete, Greece.

The article discusses an excavation being led by Juan Pedro Bellón of the University of Jaén near the city of Mengibar, Spain, which has uncovered a Roman arch.

The article discusses a fourth-century bronze finger belonging to the French museum the Louvre, the research conducted on the item by the French Laboratory for Research on Historical Monuments, and the confirmation that the finger was part of a Roman statue.

The article discusses ancient carved stone balls discovered throughout Great Britain, including those housed by National Museums Scotland, and theories on what they might have been used for.

The article announces that mummy was excavated by archaeologists at the pre-Columbian pilgrimage site and ceremonial center Pachacamac in Peru.

The article discusses medieval artifacts of the Franciscan friary known as the Greyfriars from 1224 through 1538 in Oxford, England, including beer mugs, animal bones and glass vials.

The article discusses the discovery of glass shards from the 74,000 year-old volcanic eruption of Mount Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia found in caves on the coast of South Africa.