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The process of determining ethnicity is a problematic venture, even more so when interpreted through the archaeological record. Despite this issue, evidence, such as the four-room house, has been preserved that can be interpreted to represent...

Marvel at centuries of dazzling craftsmanship in gold and silver with National Geographic Archaeology Fellow Fredrik Hiebert as he explores the history and treasures of Peru's rich pre-Inca heritage. Upcoming Events at National Geographic...

The title page of the 1555 CE edition of Handbook of the Christian Soldier (Enchiridion Militis Christiani) by the Netherlandish Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1469-1536 CE). (Skokloster Castle, Sweden)

Ruins of the Nymphaeum, Side, Turkey.

Castellina Camerata 4 (also known as Tomba della Regina) is a cube tomb with three chambers at San Giovenale which has been dated to the 6th century BCE. It is tomb no. 109 in Fredrik Tobin’s dissertation The Chamber Tombs of San Giovenale...

Porzarago 9 is a tomb with two chambers at San Giovenale that has been dated to the 6th century BCE. It is tomb no. 253 in Fredrik Tobin’s dissertation The Chamber Tombs of San Giovenale and the Funerary Landscapes of South Etruria (Uppsala...

The Tomba della Sedia (Tomb of the Chair) is located in the Casale Vignale necropolis at San Giovenale. It has two chambers and has been dated to the 6th century BCE. It is also called Casale Vignale 1 and is tomb no. 248 in Fredrik Tobin’s...

A figure from the Terracotta Army, the clay life-size army in the tomb of the Qin emperor Shi Huangdi. c. 210 BCE, Shaanxi Province, China.

The medieval sources on the discovery and settlement of Iceland frequently refer to the explorers as “Vikings” but, technically, they were not. The term “Viking” applies only to Scandinavian raiders, not to Scandinavians...