
Stone Age Myths We’ve Made Up
Commonly held views of ancient history are often colored by what survives in the archaeological record—and by cultural biases.
Commonly held views of ancient history are often colored by what survives in the archaeological record—and by cultural biases.
On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, an archaeologist and curator imagines the inventor and artist teleported to our time.
Westerners have long shunned obese people, and this attitude now pervades much of the globe. Was this always the case?
The long history of Native American tribes is nowhere to be found on modern maps. So the Zuni decided it was time to create their own kind of cartography.
Can natural history museums justify their collections of human remains?
For many years, scholars believed oral history was no more accurate than mythology. It turns out they were wrong.