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4:48
Albert Zink
A 5,300-year-old murder mystery
Posted
Aug 2023
4:58
G. Richard Scott
Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn't?
Posted
May 2023
17:24
David Wengrow
A new understanding of human history and the roots of inequality
Posted
Jul 2022
39:54
Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala
Mantua Township
Posted
Apr 2021
12:03
Sarah Kurnick
"Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology
Posted
Feb 2021
10:49
Carolyn Freiwald
The hidden history found in your teeth
Posted
Feb 2021
13:15
Chris Fisher
Let's scan the whole planet with LiDAR
Posted
Aug 2020
13:18
Chris Fisher
Why we should archive everything on the planet
Posted
Oct 2019
14:25
Alisa Kazarina
Humanity at the intersection of science and archaeology
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Oct 2019
5:42
Alyssa Loorya
What I learned from digging under New York City's streets
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Oct 2019
15:00
Ella Al-Shamahi
Why archaeology needs to transcend borders
Posted
Oct 2019
11:09
Alice Gorman
Let's think about archaeology on the moon
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Mar 2019
19:20
Dr. Turi King
King Richard III: Solving a 500-year-old cold case
Posted
Mar 2019
13:01
Chip Colwell
Why museums are returning cultural treasures
Posted
Sep 2018
4:17
Einav Zamir Dembin
Did ancient Troy really exist?
Posted
Jul 2018
13:50
Ian Barnes
What archaeology and DNA can teach us about prehistoric migration
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Jul 2018
5:50
Sarah Parcak
Armchair archaeologist
Posted
Apr 2018
11:57
Chance Coughenour
How your pictures can help reclaim lost history
Posted
Aug 2017
21:48
Sarah Parcak
Help discover ancient ruins — before it's too late
Posted
Jan 2017
4:45
Mel Rosenberg
What causes cavities?
Posted
Oct 2016
6:59
Sarah Parcak
Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations — with satellites
Posted
Aug 2016
12:07
Gregory Heyworth
How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts
Posted
Feb 2016
3:12
Carl Zimmer
How did feathers evolve?
Posted
May 2013
4:01
Lars Brownworth
The city of walls: Constantinople
Posted
Oct 2012
5:20
Sarah Parcak
Archaeology from space
Posted
Jun 2012
14:53
William Noel
Revealing the lost codex of Archimedes
Posted
May 2012
19:37
Neil MacGregor
2600 years of history in one object
Posted
Feb 2012
12:20
Ben Kacyra
Ancient wonders captured in 3D
Posted
Nov 2011
17:14
Nathan Myhrvold
Archaeology, animal photography, BBQ ...
Posted
Jun 2008
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