At a time when female archaeologists were all but unheard of in the country — her only real female peer was Zeng Zhaoyu, who excavated tombs from the Southern Tang period (937 – 976) — Zheng oversaw ...

Dr. Howard Carter, born May 9, 1874, in Norfolk, England, was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist. He was known for his fierce temper, love of cigars and whiskey and of course, for uncovering the ...

Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...

An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from Birka may have looked like in battle. For 140 years, archaeologists concluded a grave in the small town was for male warrior, but new evidence ...