Carl Parker

Carl Parker is one of the most recognized voices in archaeological journalism in the United States. With over 18 years of experience reporting from excavation sites, museum vaults, and academic conferences across six continents, he brings both scholarly depth and narrative clarity to some of the most complex discoveries of the modern era.A graduate of the University of Chicago with a Master's degree in Near Eastern Archaeology, Carl began his career as a field researcher before transitioning to journalism — a combination that gives his writing a rare ground-level authenticity. He has reported on landmark discoveries from the deserts of the American Southwest to the rainforests of the Amazon, the coastal settlements of ancient Scandinavia, and the buried cities of the Levant."I became a journalist because I realized that the most important excavation isn't in the ground — it's in the public's understanding of what the ground holds. Every discovery deserves a story told well."At NKV, Carl serves as Senior Archaeological Correspondent, leading coverage of the Ancient Americas, pre-Columbian civilizations, and U.S. cultural heritage policy. He is the primary author of NKV's flagship series Layers — an ongoing investigation into the political and ethical dimensions of archaeological excavation in the modern world.

Remembering Women: Lessons from the Ancient World

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Christine Lehnen’s illuminating investigation of a past where women enjoyed a more egalitarian life is explored through bioarchaeological methods in Remembering Women: Lessons from the Ancient World (19th June 2025). Publisher: Icon BooksPublication date: 19 Jun 2025Language: ‎EnglishHardcover: ‎272 pagesISBN-10: ‎1837732175ISBN-13: 9781837732173   Women have a rich and complex history—we just need to remember it. In … Read more

Uncovering America’s First War; Contact, Conflict, and Coronado’s Expedition to the Rio Grande

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Uncovering America’s First War is the definitive study of one of the most important places in the US Southwest: the ancestral Tiwa village of Piedras Marcadas Pueblo. by: Matthew F. Schmader Publisher: University of New Mexico PressPublication date: April 1, 2025Language: ‎EnglishHardcover: ‎376 pagesISBN: 978-0-8263-6793-8 Chronicling Schmader’s decades of exhaustive research, this book is a must-read … Read more

Trading human remains: Why bones should not become a commodity

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by Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol — In recent years, skulls, bones, and even modified human remains have appeared with increasing frequency on online marketplaces and social media platforms. What might once have been confined to specialist collectors has become a global, online trade. The market is fuelled by diverse groups of … Read more

Ancient secrets of Maya blue revealed: a second method for creating the iconic pigment discovered

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An amazing new find is expanding our understanding of Maya Blue—one of the most enigmatic and enduring pigments of the ancient world. Dean E. Arnold, adjunct curator of anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and professor emeritus at Wheaton College, has found a second ancient method of producing the pigment, gaining … Read more

Stonehenge Virtual Tour | Archaeology News Online Magazine

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Stonehenge is a prehistoric stone circle monument and archaeological site in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. The entire ruins monument is aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice and was possibly used for observing the Sun and Moon and calculating the farming calendar. Perhaps the site was dedicated to the … Read more

Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires

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No animal is as entangled in human history as the horse. The horse’s domestication allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; horses then made new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes, and acquired deep cultural and religious significance. Horses eventually gave great power to empires in Iran, Afghanistan, China, India, and, much … Read more

100 Abbasid-era gold jewelry pieces found at ancient Dariyah site in Saudi Arabia

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Archaeologists working in Saudi Arabia’s Al–Qassim Region have uncovered a large group of Abbasid-era gold jewelry at the Dariyah archaeological site. The find dates back more than 1,100 years and points to the wealth and trade activity linked to the settlement during the early Islamic period. Credit: Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture The Saudi Heritage … Read more