Adventures of an Archaeology Student

“Together, they reveal intimate details of life in Roman Egypt,” said Toph Marshall, a professor at UBC’s department of classical, near eastern and religious studies (CNERS). “These documents are a window on a lost world, revealing the daily activities of ordinary people.” Read more.

The golden funerary mask, seen Friday by AFP at the Egyptian Museum, showed the sticky...

The jungles of the Peten are hot and sweaty. Most of the best places for archeology are. Field seasons are especially hot, since they are always during the driest time of year so that the site doesn’t get flooded. Howler monkeys boom from the parched trees, which barely twitch during the...

A new condo development was to be built on the privately-owned property until the discovery of human...

Ancient Aztec sculpture of Tlatecuhile (Lord of the Earth). Limestone, currently located at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico.