Until recently, because of a popular and ingrained perception that sedentary ancient cultures were peaceful, archaeologists have been reluctant to acknowledge that the Anasazi could have been violent.

Consider this ancient ear of maize ... suggested the cave had been inhabited before the Anasazi—key evidence, along with the unusual cave artifacts, for a separate Mogollon culture.

They uncovered 190 rooms, mapped and photographed all the main structures, and retrieved numerous artifacts ... the arrival of Europeans in America. Anasazi is the name given to them by Navajos, ...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Similarly, in 2016 the U.S. returned a collection of stolen artifacts to Egypt, including an ancient wooden sarcophagus, a mummy shroud and mummified hand.

Egyptian authorities have arrested two men for attempting to steal hundreds of ancient artifacts from the bottom of the sea, the country’s interior ministry said in a Monday statement.