Rebuilt Language
The budget for a big hollywood movie includes sets, costumes, special effects, and in the case of the New Line Cinema film "The New World," money to reconstruct a dead language.
Archaeology Roundup
Mathematicians have come up with a computer model that predicts the decline of civilizations that don't use their resources wisely.
Particles & Pyramids
Using elementary particles called muons to search for hidden chambers in a Mexican pyramid
Roman Roundup
Gladiator battles were staged, and the discovery of a mosaic from Emperor Nero's palace
Biblical Tunnel
The first scientific dating of a Biblical structure: the Siloam Tunnel in Israel
Pueblo Migrations
Why did the people of Crow Canyon abandon their homes? (because they used them in a migratory lifestyle, and eventually stopped migrating there)
Mummy’s Curse
An epidemiological study shows that King Tut's tomb did not have a curse.
Rock Art Acoustics
Echoes may have inspired ancient people to paint on cave walls.
Viking Longhouse
A longhouse found in norway belonged to Viking New World settlers
Folds and Scrolls
Using home computers to determine the structure of a protein, a 2,200-year-old scroll stuffed in a mummy
Painted Coffin
A painted marble sarcophagus is yielding rare clues about Ancient Greek painting
Musical Shells
Shell trumpets found in Peru were used by priests to establish their authority.
Dolphin Brains
Learning how the dolphin brain evolved can tell us more about our own brain
Animal Domestication
Digging up bones out of old collections to determine when humans learned to herd animals.
Hominid Diet
Old bone tools reveal that ancient ape-men may have dined on tasty termites.
Chinese Bells
Determining how a set of 65 ancient Chinese bronze bells was made