Dec 21st, 2009 · The dwelling and older discoveries of nearby tombs in burial caves suggest that Nazareth was an out-of-the-way hamlet of around 50 houses on a patch of about four acres, the excavations director said. The find could shed new light on what the hamlet was like during the period the New Testament says Jesus lived there as a boy.
Dec 16th, 2009 · It's been an amazing year for all kinds of music, including reissues of long-lost '70s music from Africa. Resident funk archaeologist Egon offers up a list of his favorite reissues, featuring artists from Benin, Ghana, Ethiopia and more.
Sep 10th, 2009 · Archaeologists digging in a cave in the republic of Georgia have come across the world's oldest textiles. Dyed pink, turquoise and other colors, these flax fibers may have helped our ancestors survive the last ice age.
Jun 24th, 2009 · Archaeologists have unearthed the world's oldest musical instruments: flutes. These vulture-bone flutes no doubt helped warm our ancestors spirits as they pushed north into Europe's hostile ice-age conditions.
Apr 20th, 2009 · An Egyptian archaeologist claims he could be on the verge of finding the lost tomb of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Excavations begin this week at a 2,000-year-old temple near the Mediterranean Sea where coins, mummies and a fragment of a mask have been found.
Mar 20th, 2009 · Iraq is suffering one of the worst droughts in decades. While that is bad news for farmers, it is good news for archaeologists in the country: The receding waters of the Euphrates River have revealed ancient archaeological sites, some of which were unknown until now.
Mar 6th, 2009 · Archaeologists reporting in the journal Science say they've found evidence that humans raised horses nearly 5,500 years ago in present day Kazakhstan. Alan Outram presents the evidence suggesting that the Botai culture kept horses for milking and possibly riding.
Nov 17th, 2008 · In 2002, archaeologists claimed a box of ancient bones held the remains of Jesus' brother. Nina Burleigh discusses her book, Unholy Business: The True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land, which explores how forgers create fake artifacts to "prove" Biblical stories to be true.