archaeology

Archaeologist Matthew Curtis was part of a team that recently discovered a skeleton that yielded the first complete ancient genome ever found in Africa.

UCLA Byzantine art history and archaeology professor Sharon Gerstel has devoted much of the last year to studying how architectural changes in Byzantine churches enhanced the performance of religious music.

John Papadopoulos, UCLA professor of classical archaeology, history and culture in the UCLA College, has received a $286,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for an archaeological excavation of the ancient Greek city of Methone.

Join the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology for its 18th annual open house, 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 2.

Conservation students apply both science and art to preserve priceless artifacts.

“The Excavation of the Prehistoric Burial Tumulus at Lofkënd, Albania” by UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology’s John Papadopoulos and Sarah Morris opens a window on a cradle of civilization.

While war rages in Syria, that country's people can still experience the culture and history of the region’s Mesopotamian roots through an exhibit made possible by a Kurdish nonprofit organization and UCLA archaeologist Giorgio Buccellati.

Willeke Wendrich first developed an interest in ancient Egyptian archaeology as a 20-year-old undergraduate student. Now an esteemed faculty member in UCLA’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, she’s made a career out of her lifelong passion

UCLA archaeologist Giorgio Buccellati, who has been working on excavating an ancient city in Syria for almost two decades, is working remotely with a team of villagers in the region to protect the site from being destroyed in the ongoing civil war.

In the late '70s, Marilyn Beaudry-Corbett proved it's never too late to pursue one's dreams, leaving a successful career in the corporate world to study archaeology at UCLA. Now she's giving back.

The UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology offers a rare look at its labs, archives and excavations during an open house on Saturday, May 10 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Caribbean fighting conch used to be harvested with more meat, but evolved to mature at a smaller size.