What is the past? It may seem a simple question to answer, but it is more complex than we might think at first. As science, politics, technologies and ways of thinking change, so does our ...

A road crew breaks ground for a new construction project and uncovers an ancient cemetery. Workers renovating a city street ...

Introduction : The crisscrossed past -- The beginnings of archaeology in Peru -- The foundation (Western) of Peruvian archaeology : Max Uhle and cultural evolutionism -- Archaeology and nationalism in ...

The "backward-looking curiosity" -- Donkeys and pharaohs -- Reading ancient Egypt -- Digging into Nineveh -- Tablets and tunnelling -- The Maya revealed -- Axes and elephants -- A huge turning point - ...