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Stanford anthropologist calls for change at UNESCO and its World Heritage program

Interview with Professor Lynn Meskell

Interview with Professor Barb Voss: How did emigration transform Chinese villagers into global consumers?

The Future of Heritage

Interview with Professor Lynn Meskell on Australian Brodcasting Corporation's Late Night Live

Politicizing Ruins, Ruining Politics? A Stanford Archaeology Alumna's Takeaways from a Summer at UNESCO

Although cultural heritage may seem like an apolitical subject, those who work at the WHC know that this is unfortunately untrue.

Shipping Stone: A wreck off the Sicilian coast offers a rare look into the world of Byzantine commerce

Nearly 1,500 years ago, a Byzantine merchant ship swung perilously close to the Sicilian coastline, its heavy stone cargo doing little to help keep it on course...

Burials Discovered in Temple at Peru’s Chavín de Huántar

Researchers led by John Rick of Stanford University have employed robotic four-wheel-drive vehicles equipped with cameras and lights to explore the 3,000-year-old temple at the Chavin de Huantar archaeological site in Peru.

An ancient thirst for beer may have inspired agriculture, Stanford archaeologists say

Stanford University archaeologists are turning the history of beer on its head.

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