GUATEMALA: Something deadly was lurking beneath many Maya settlements—mercury. A

FINLAND: Very little ancient organic matter survives in Finland’s acidic

SICILY: In 480 B.C., Greek colonists defeated an invading army

BULGARIA: Much like today’s college students, Roman legionaries had small

SUDAN: Paintings created more than 1,000 years ago were unearthed

RUSSIA: The first known family of Neanderthals was identified by

INDIA: An archaeological survey covering 65 square miles of central

BORNEO: Evidence of the earliest known amputation was recovered from

Along the banks of the Gerzeman River, which runs through

DUNSCORE, SCOTLAND—A hoard of silver coins was discovered last year