Location: Guatemala Length: 3 min
A team of archaeologists led by Stephen Houston has made a new discovery at the Maya archaeological site in El Zotz, Guatemala, uncovering a pyramid believed to celebrate the Maya sun god. The structure's outer walls depict the god in an unprecedented set of images done in painted stucco…
Location: Malaysia Length: 25 min
Always a cultural melting pot, Malaysia has cultural and historical links to distant places in the Indian and Pacific oceans. Archaeology here is young, but already reveals a rich and deep cultural record both on land and in the sea extending from Paleolithic sites in the Lenggong Valley to the Neolithic, Iron Age, and more recent periods…
Location: Missouri Length: 12 min
Normally, archaeological survey of proposed highway corridors takes place during the planning phase of the work. Sometimes, the initial ground check leads to further investigation and even full-scale excavation of archaeological sites in the path of the roadway…
Location: United Kingdom Length: 8 min
Famed UK archaeologist and lecturer Dr. Brooklyn Hornswoggle-Smyth, Buckinghamshire New University’s youngest and most brilliant contemporologist, guides you through the ins and outs and back ins of the world of contemporary archaeology (exploring the very recent past)…
Location: Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia Length: 9 min
Pohnpei is the largest island of the Federated States of Micronesia, about midway between Honolulu and Manila. The technical knowledge of how to build a traditional “warasap” canoe nearly died out in Pohnpei before a project in the 1990s…
Location: Pennsylvania Length: 4 min
The Penn Museum’s exhibit, “Maya.2012: Lords of Time,” rides a wave of interest in the Maya calendar; which in 2012 reached the end of something, and hopefully the beginning of something else...
Location: Florida Length: 5 min
The USDA Forest Service investigates the extent and significance of the prehistoric Silver Glen Springs Site in Florida. Silver Glen Springs is one of the most popular recreation sites on the Ocala National Forest…
Location: Guatemala Length: 6 min
Dr. Mark Van Stone, a leading expert on the Maya calendar and the significance of 2012, describes the front of Quiriguá Stela K, a Guatemalan stone monument carved in AD 805, just before the Maya Collapse…
Location: France Length: 12 min
Every summer, within a specialist center known as “La plateforme des arts du feu,” the small town of Melle, France, becomes a stage for experimentation in ancient metallurgy. It is here that a research French team of experimental archaeologists…
Location: Guatemala Length: 6 min
Dr. Mark Van Stone, a leading expert on the Maya calendar and the significance of 2012, reads the story of a powerful Maya king on Quiriguá Stela D, a late Eighth Century stone monument in Guatemala…