Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A new generation of researchers is resurrecting the hidden details of lost civilizations, pioneering a discipline called “experimental archaeology.” These are scientists gone rogue: They make human mummies. They carve primitive spears and go hunting, then knap their own obsidian blades to skin the game. They build perilous boats and plunge out onto the open sea—all in the name of experiencing history as it was, with all its dangers, disappointments, and unexpected delights.
Join us on Thursday, March 5, at 7:00 p.m. ET for a Skeptical Inquirer Presents livestream with author Sam Kean. Kean travels with these experimental archaeologists on their adventures across the globe, from the Andes to the South Seas, and will share his first-hand tales full of vivid detail (and more than a few laughs) in this special livestream conversation.
A new generation of researchers is resurrecting the hidden details of lost civilizations, pioneering a discipline called “experimental archaeology.” These are scientists gone rogue: They make human mummies. They carve primitive spears and go hunting, then knap their own obsidian blades to skin the game. They build perilous boats and plunge out onto the open sea—all in the name of experiencing history as it was, with all its dangers, disappointments, and unexpected delights.
Join us on Thursday, March 5, at 7:00 p.m. ET for a Skeptical Inquirer Presents livestream with author Sam Kean. Kean travels with these experimental archaeologists on their adventures across the globe, from the Andes to the South Seas, and will share his first-hand tales full of vivid detail (and more than a few laughs) in this special livestream conversation.
