Archaeology
Articles about ancient cultures, excavations and material remains.
Abhurite
Abhurite: tin corrosion mineral found on shipwrecks
Abrahams Well International Visitors Center
Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage
Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (ADACH): role, history, and collections
Acritarch
Adze
Adze: traditional woodworking tool for shaping and hollowing timber
Ahmad Hasan Dani
Ahmad Hasan Dani (1920–2009)
Alfred Jewel
Amarna
Amphora
Amphora: ancient two-handled storage and transport jar
Ancestral Puebloans
Ancestral Puebloans: People, Architecture, and Cultural Legacy
Ancient
Ancient Australia
Ancient Australia: Origins, Peoples, and Early Cultural Development
Ancient Egyptian agriculture
Ancient Egyptian agriculture: crops, irrigation, economy and cultural role
Ancient India
Ancient India: Civilizations, Empires, Religions and Cultural Legacy
Ancient Near East
Ankh
Antiquarian
Archaea
Archaeobatrachia
Archaeoceti
Archaeoceti — early whales and the transition from land to sea
Archaeocyatha
Archaeognatha
Archaeological site
Archaeology
Archaeology: study, methods, history, and significance
Archaeology examines the human past through material remains—artifacts, structures, and environmental evidence—using field excavation, survey, laboratory analysis and dating to rec
Archaeopteryx
Archaeothyris
Archaeozoology
Archaeozoology: the study of animals in archaeological contexts
Archaic period (North America)
Arkalochori Axe
Arkalochori Axe: the inscribed Minoan double axe (labrys)
Arrowhead
Artifact
Artifact (culture)
Assyria
Aurel Stein
Aurel Stein — Silk Road archaeologist and explorer (1862–1943)
Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
Barbegal aqueduct
Barbegal aqueduct and mill complex
Beaker culture
Bhimbetka rock shelters
Bronze Age collapse
Cancuén
Canopic jar
Canopic jar: Ancient Egyptian vessels for preserving a body's organs
Cartouche
Catal Huyuk
Çatalhöyük: Neolithic settlement and archaeological landmark
Cave of Altamira
Chauvet Cave
Chauvet Cave (Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc) — Paleolithic cave paintings in southern France
Chinchorro mummies
Chinchorro mummies: Ancient artificial mummification on the Atacama coast