Archaeologists have returned to the Great House Pueblo at the Chimney Rock Archaeological Area in southwestern Colorado for the first time in 30 years. They think the Great House was constructed to view the lunar standstill that occurs approximately every 18 years. “We’ve found pieces of burned beams we can carbon-date to help verify whether […]

Swiss researchers digging in eastern Mali claim to have discovered Africa’s oldest piece of ceramic, a “tiny, ornate fragment that was made with great skill and the use of fire,” according to ethno-archaeologist Anne Mayor. The pottery dates to 9,400 B.C. UNESCO experts have listed the damage done to Babylon by U.S. troops and contractors, […]