UVA doctoral student Musa Kazim Azimli uses spatial storytelling to reconstruct an Ottoman Empire slave market.

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A unique archaeological site at Pompeii, Italy, reveals the secrets of peculiarly durable Roman building materials.

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New research has shown that water movement in clay-rich soils can lift stone artifacts toward the surface—exerting a natural ...

Learning about family history can lead to a growing understanding of how each of us are chapters in an ongoing narrative.

Since pandemic-fueled anti-Asian hate surged in 2020, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander advocates have mobilized to make AAPI history mandatory learning.

Wegener at the University of Graz in Germany says that millions of years ago the two Americas, as well as Europe, Asia, ...

While Europeans eventually discovered the impressive moai statues for which the Rapa Nui are best known, they also stumbled ...