NASA disputes Anonymous claim it has found alien life
By Ray Kelly
E.T. has not phoned home.
A viral video purportedly from the hacker activist group Anonymous claimed that NASA is poised to announce that it...
Nebraska Archaeologists Bring an Ancient City to Life with Futuristic Technology
By John Tolley
You’re walking down a white stucco road, a sacbe, approaching a marvelous city. As you near, you hear the sound of drumbeats;...
The Mummy: what our obsession with ancient Egypt reveals
Christina Riggs
With another version of The Mummy menacing cinemas, the “curse of the pharaohs” is back. Again. Hollywood’s determination to put marauding mummies...
Ancient ‘House of the Dead’ discovered in Wiltshire
A ‘House of the Dead’ has been discovered in Wiltshire dating back 5,000 years by University of Reading archaeologists and students, and could contain...
Researchers document early, permanent human settlement in Andes
Using five different scientific approaches, a team including University of Wyoming researchers has given considerable support to the idea that humans lived year-round in...
NEW! Archive YouTube Memberships
The Archive is pleased to announce the introduction of memberships to our channel. This feature will allow our viewers to offer additional support to...
Oldest Maya Calendar Discovered
Buried within the Las Pinturas pyramid in San Bartolo, Guatemala, thousands of painted plaster mural fragments offer a window into ancient Maya civilization. Two...
Life on Mars? Study Showing Martian Soil Kills Bacteria Dims Hopes
Jessica Wapner
Recent images and other compelling evidence that water once flowed on Mars have generated hope of finding microbial life there. That hope...
United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By...
Earlier today, the United States filed a civil complaint to forfeit thousands of cuneiform tablets and clay bullae. As alleged in the complaint, these...
We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago
By Aylin Woodward
It’s a sex-laced mystery. If modern humans didn’t reach Europe until about 60,000 years ago, how has DNA from them turned up...