Stringing Together an Ancient Empire’s Stories
Anthropologist Sabine Hyland attempts to uncover the messages held in twisted and colored Andean cords called khipus.
Stringing Together an Ancient Empire’s Stories
Archaeology
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What Do Monuments Reveal About Their Makers?
An archaeologist ponders memorials—from the Monti gate to the Taj Mahal—and finds clues about the reasons people want to be remembered.
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Case Closed: You Can’t Make a Knife Out of Frozen Poop
Testing out a tale from the Arctic, one archaeologist takes matters into his own hands.
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The Knotty Question of When Humans Made the Americas Home
A deluge of new findings are challenging long-held scientific narratives of how humans came to North and South America.
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Archaeology of the 99 Percent
The vast majority of people in antiquity were too poor to leave many artifacts behind. But archaeologists have learned how to look beyond temples and palaces.
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Remembering the Forgotten Chinese Railroad Workers
Archaeologists help modern descendants of Chinese railroad laborers commemorate their ancestors.