A 12-minute virtual tour introduces viewers to the newest exhibition at the Plymouth Plantation museum. The video, featuring artifacts from an archaeological dig at historic Patuxet and Plymouth, begins with Wampanoag displays and moves...

Many are aware of the mummies found in the tombs of Egypt. But in addition to the mummified bodies of the ancient pharaohs like King Tut, archaeologists also found cat mummies, dog mummies, and alligator mummies. In a video interview,...

David Hurst Thomas loves the children's book The Cat in the Hat and Rocky Road ice cream. He's also loves being an archaeologist. Thomas shares his passion for studying old things in a short video where he answers questions posed by...

Who were the warriors most feared by the Egyptians, Greeks, Persians Central Asians, and Chinese? The mighty women called Amazons, that’s who. Secondary viewers learn that the understanding of the Amazons, who were originally assumed to...

Because the monsters Scylla, Charybdis, and Polyphemus in Homer's Odyssey are fictional, scholars may assume the Iliad is also entirely fictional. A carefully researched video describes Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of the...

Just how long can a fossil preserve DNA? It seems that DNA becomes unreadable after about 6.8 million years. Learn about the science that helped make this conclusion and the mistakes made along the way in a lesson from a PBS Eons video...

How do scientists know when they've discovered something new? Travel back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth using an interesting video, which is part of Brain Scoop's Fossils and Geology playlist. The narrator examines the...

Skeletons may not be able to speak, but they can still tell us a lot. High schoolers watch a short video about the ways biological anthropologists can use a skeleton's bone structure to determine age, gender, place of birth, and social...

Behind the closed doors of natural history museums lies a hidden world of scientific research and discovery that goes unseen for visitors. Follow along as this short video explores different scientific mysteries that have been...

The discovery of the remains of King Richard III in early 2013 sparked media attention all over the world. Take a walk through the archaeological site itself and learn about the process behind the excavation, from how the dig site was...

How have linguists and archaeologists been able to decode the Mayan written language? We find that the Mayan numeric system was the first clue into Mayan language. Part three in this four-part series also touches upon Mayan astronomy and...

Using dramatic reenactment, archaeological evidence, and primary source documents as a foundation for historic story telling, this clip describes a battle between Russia and Napoleon the Conqueror. Use this six-minute video to show how...

Ben Garrod, or the Bone Collector, takes us on a tour of his 'office', showing us some of the gruesome processes he has to go through to strip and clean skeletons, and the painstaking work he must to do recreate their natural forms. His...

The companion site that accompanies the NOVA program on salvaging Zeugma, an ancient Roman town on the banks of the Euphrates. It shows how archaeologists rescued many artifacts from a dam-building project.

In this segment, Ira talks with undersea explorer Robert Ballard about his life and work, both in exploration and education.

Video presents a conversation with Lisa Ackerman, World Monuments Fund, and Beth Harris who explore the ancient city of Babylon. [7:44]

This website matches up contemporary reports and later historical information about Jamestown with recent archaeological evidence that confirms such information.

This article, a companion piece to a NOVA special called "Lost City of Arabia," explains remote-sensing technologies that are helping archeologists find ancient cities from the air.

This brief, silent video clip shows the underwater wreckage of the HMS Victory. Thirty six seconds.

In this video [4:17) learn about some of the most prolific archeological sites in China, including the burial complex of the First Emperor of China and Sanxingdui. The tomb of China's first emperor who died in 210 BC II; it revealed more...

A video where archaeologist, Nicholas Toth, discusses and explores the tools, methods, and focus of an archaeologist. [5:00]

Early humans used stone tools that were simple but effective. On this video, explore these tools that were found in Africa. [7:48]

This lesson shows students that math is part of the study of past civilizations. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Math in Archaeology."

This lesson focuses on the terms that describe prehistoric artwork. It includes a video introduction to art of the prehistoric era, a video transcription, and a list of terms with definitions.