An archaeological dig turned up eight bottles of mustard powder in one eighteenth-century homestead. Why the condiment love?

Was a well-preserved set of game pieces and other childhood items buried by a young woman before she got married?

The Roman engineer Nonius Datus thought the project was in good shape when he left Saldae. He would return.

Analyzing the dolls of elite girls shows that playthings reinforced gendered expectations but also allowed for imaginative play.

One case study demonstrates how contemporary assumptions about gender in ancient societies risk obscuring the larger picture.

These women labored alongside their famous husbands to produce world-renowned research.

Here's how to figure out how long it's been since someone left their empties around, only to be dug up later.

Archaeologists used to dig primarily at sites that were easy to find thanks to obvious visual clues. But technology—and listening to local people—plays a bigger role now.

And it's helping refine the human story.

A slew of mysterious deaths following the opening of King Tut's tomb prompted one epidemiologist to investigate.