Online Excavations

This list is no longer maintained but remains online as a resource for our readers. Some links may be broken.

ARCHAEOLOGY's Interactive Digs
June 1999-present
Follow online as ancient civilizations are unearthed. Get full access to frequently updated field notes, Q&A with archaeologists, personal journals, and more!

Notes from the Field:
Notes from the Field: Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks
Underwater archaeologists examine several historic shipwrecks and describe their work in daily postings of journal entries and photographs

Archaeology Live! York Archaeology
June 2001-August 2004
A research and training program follows the excavation of a Roman fortress in Britain.

Uncovering Zapotec Life in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley
Join the Field Museum in investigating the history of the Valley of Oaxaca and its pre-Colonial inhabitants.

Preserving the USS Monitor
March-August 2001
A five-month effort by U.S. Navy divers to recover the Monitor's steam engine and a section of her hull.

Orkneyjar - The Heritage of the Orkney Islands
Dedicated to the preserving, exploring, and documenting the ancient history, folklore and traditions of Orkney, a group of islands lying off the northern tip of Scotland

Odyssey Online
This website, built for sixth graders to learn about archaeology in 1996, was one of the first "online excavations."

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