archeology

Tallahassee's tornadoes brought down countless large trees, leaving deep cavities in the earth, which might reveal ancient and historic artifacts.

Underwater archaeologists scour for and study artifacts found underwater because the state has lost half its landmass to sea level rise since humans started living here.

Tell el-Farma, also known by its ancient name Pelusium, dates back thousands of years to the late Pharaonic period and was also used during Greco-Roman and Byzantine times.

A project to replace the boardwalk at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Moah, Utah, caused minor damage to tracks and trace fossils at the site, a Bureau of Land Management paleontologist found.

The project, a first of its kind, aims to study the social and cultural dimensions of living in space and how people adapt their behavior when they're living in a completely new environment.

The year-end episode of The Florida Roundup has stories from public radio reporters throughout the The Sunshine State.

A museum in Key West has captured a sound "carried across the centuries" — the boatswain's whistle, or pipe, from the Santa Margarita, a Spanish treasure ship that sank in a hurricane in 1622.

Experts say the ruins are part of a residential community in what was the ancient capital city of Memphis. They also found a Roman bath and an ornate basin perhaps used for religious rituals.

A USF professor rewrote a tasty part of Italian history after running tests on the inside of a 4,000 year-old jar found in a prehistoric settlement in...

The adult male survived the initial eruption but was, like many victims, caught in the subsequent cloud of gases and rocks. Unlike most victims, he was also pinned down by a "formidable stone block."

Researchers concluded that Tutankhamun's burial area doesn't lead to any secret rooms. Using ground-penetrating radar, scientists put an end to theories suggesting Queen Nefertiti was buried within.

Scientists say some of the earliest cave art found in Europe was done before humans arrived; thus, Neanderthal art, suggesting that our "brutish" cousins were capable of symbolic thinking.