In southern Utah, archaeologists have finished excavating the North Creek Shelter Site, which was inhabited periodically beginning 11,000-years ago until about 100 years ago. “We were totally surprised by what we found,” said Joel Janetski, now retired from Brigham Young University. In Tennessee, human remains turned up when a homeowner dug a trench as part […]

More than 500 repatriated artifacts have been put on display at Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  There’s more to the story of the rescue of the 4,400-year-old statue of King Entemena. “Now he’s going back where he belongs,” said John Russell of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Russell authenticated the sculpture when it was […]