Archaeology

A crew salvages the front elevation of the St. Louis Title Building during its demolition in 1986. The structure was built in 1915.

‘Urban Archaeology’ details St. Louis’ complicated past and its rich architecture

Ulaa Kuziez

The Pulitzer Foundation’s Urban Archaeology exhibition notes the red brick heritage of St. Louis and explores how the city's architecture reflects its social and political history.

A facilities worker at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, discovered a prehistoric tusk while using an excavator on the campus.

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Mammoth or mastodon? Discovery of an ancient tusk at a St. Louis-area college spurs excavation

Alex Heuer

A facilities worker at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, stopped his excavator after finding a white object about 12 feet below the surface.

An infrared photograph of an ancient Egyptian female mummy with tattoos on her neck.

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UMSL Archaeologist Takes Photographs To Study Tattoos On Ancient Egyptian Women

Eli Chen

Five years ago, archaeologist Anne Austin stood in an ancient Egyptian tomb, staring at strange markings on the neck of a mummified woman. She placed a…

Community activist Malissa Blanchard, 69, of Washington Park, would like to see a monument or some other recognition for the old Douglas-Lawnridge Cemetery.

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Discovery Of Bones At Relocated Black Cemetery In Washington Park Sparks Reaction

Malissa Blanchard doesn’t know if any of her ancestors were buried in the former Douglas-Lawnridge Cemetery in Washington Park, IL but she can’t rule it…

Chris Begley, an associate professor of anthropology at Transylvania University in Kentucky, discusses what real archaeologists think of the beloved fictional adventurer.

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A real-life Indiana Jones discusses field work – and what Hollywood gets right, wrong

Evie Hemphill

In his 25 years as a terrestrial and underwater archaeologist, Chris Begley has explored everything from prehistoric caves in Missouri to the legend of a…

Archaeologists with the Missouri Department of Transportation work near the Poplar Street Bridge in downtown St. Louis in April.

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The story of St. Louis’ beginnings becomes more complicated with new archaeological findings

Alex Heuer

Archaeologists from the Missouri Department of Transportation believe they have found artifacts and evidence of permanent residences in St. Louis prior to…

Archaeologists and crew members from the Illinois State Archaeological Survey work at an East St. Louis dig site.

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St. Louis archaeologists still split over last year's controversial antiquities sale

A year-old fracas in the St. Louis Society has left the city’s archaeology community fractured. “What we’ve seen over the past year is a fragmenting of…

MoDOT archaeologists work at their most recent downtown excavation site.

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Digging back 250 years on the St. Louis riverfront to better learn who we are

This story was originally published Aug. 9 and has been updated to include audio and photos from "St. Louis on the Air."In late November 1922, in the…

Originally the Independent Brewing Company, this building was built in 1910. It falls within the planned stadium development, as do what may remain underground of the real St. Louis mounds and the Native American community that built them.

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New football stadium threatens what remains of St. Louis’ Native American past — and present

Plans for a new St. Louis football stadium seem to be moving ahead. Just last week, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called the stretch of riverfront near…

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St. Louis Archaeological Group In Antiquities Sale Controversy Defies National Organization

Donna Korando

Updated after the St. Louis Society vote -- In what one member called a “hotly divided” decision, the Archeological Institute of America - St. Louis…