For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their iconic moai statues. Using a combination of physics, 3D modeling and on-the-ground experiments, a team including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, has confirmed that the statues actually walked – with a little rope and remarkably few people.

Archaeologists have revealed new insights into how the world’s first farming villagers formed communities, moved across the land and responded to outsiders. 

A world-first study incorporating both technical analysis and research into diaries and correspondence sheds new light on the ill-fated Endurance expedition and famed explorer Ernest Shackleton himself. Not only did the ship have structural weaknesses that made it notably less robust than other early polar vessels but also, remarkably, Shackleton was well aware of them before he set sail.

Researchers have carried out the most comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of Egypt’s Karnak Temple near Luxor – one of the ancient world’s largest temple complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage site welcoming millions of tourists every year.

Archaelogy-related news releases hosted on the news release distribution platform EurekAlert! are 4 times more likely to receive media coverage by top U.S.-based outlets, according to a new Harvard University study in the journal Science Advances.  

Agricultural innovations made the food supply in the Rhineland more resilient and flexible / Publication in the ‘Journal of Archaeological Science’

The international research team identified more than 60 monumental rock art panels containing 176 engravings of camels, ibexes and more in northern Arabia, that may have acted as ancient 'road signs' for early human populations to indicate presence, access, and cultural identity.