US Archaeologists Face Uncertain Future With Trump Administration Cuts

Federal layoffs and grant terminations threaten efforts to understand and preserve the nation’s past. “We are getting cut off at the knees,” said one archaeologist.

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MrBeast’s Tour of Maya Ruins Draws Criticism and Legal Threats in Mexico

Mexico’s culture secretary said her agency was weighing legal action against a production company for video that seemed to show the YouTube star MrBeast violating the rules for visiting Maya ruins.

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Who Founded Carthage? New Genetic Study Upturns Old View

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests they were more closely related to Greeks.

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Hidden Above a Trap Door, 17th-Century Frescoes Come to Light

While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.

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‘It Had Teeth’: A 3-Year-Old Discovers Ancient Treasure in Israel

While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet. It will go on display in an upcoming exhibition.

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For 3 Years, They Quietly Dug Up One of the Biggest Treasures in England

Archaeologists can finally publicly discuss the Melsonby Hoard, a collection of Iron Age artifacts that they have been excavating since a metal detectorist found it in 2021.

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Archaeologists Unearth Oldest Jewish Ritual Bath Found in Europe

Discovered outside Rome, the bath, which is thought to be a mikvah, could be more than 1,600 years old.

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Humans Have Been Perfecting Avocados for 7,500 Years

Ancient peoples of Latin America saved the fleshy fruits from extinction and gradually made them tastier.

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Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?

Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction of Pompeii began. Two new studies only fan the fire.

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A Boneyard Along the Thames River Reveals London’s Ancient Burials

Researchers have found dozens of human bones on the banks of the iconic river, many of them thousands of years old.

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