“Taíno culture has roots in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, and other ancestral homes throughout the Caribbean. The culture is ...

Recent discoveries in an archaeological site in Mexico sheds new light into the beginning of the Maya civilization, and how ...

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling "The Lady with the Inverted ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

RIYADH, Dec 2: Kuwait is showcasing 25 artifacts at the GCC Joint Archaeology Exhibition, currently on display at the Saudi ...

In a dimly lit office in a corner of the French National Institute for Art History, Sudanese archaeologist Shadia Abdrabo studies a photograph of pottery made in her country around 7,000 B.C. She ...

The strange tale of two mummies discovered beneath the Prudential Center collides with the Devils’ run of bad injury luck ...

Today, hundreds of dog breeds—from Beagles to Bernese Mountain Dogs to Bichon Frises—exist all over the world. Humans began classifying dogs by breed in the 1800s, and scientists assumed that was when ...

This sixth-century pectoral comprises 14 Byzantine gold coins and a gold disc gathered over two centuries.

Dogs and wolves living today derive from a shared ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears ...

Homepage for the archaeology, ethnology, and physical anthropology collections of the Department of Anthropology. Searchable online database includes 97 percent of the cataloged specimens that are ...

Now that President Donald Trump signed the funding bill passed by Congress into law Wednesday night to end the government shutdown, D.C.’s Smithsonian museums will open their doors once again. The ...