evidence: From radiocarbon dating in the 1940s to remote sensing techniques in the 1960s, archaeologists have long been early adopters of futuristic technologies — and this is still true. [...] The tech-enabled discoveries include some pretty amazing ones. For example, researchers seem to be on the verge of finding hidden chambers deep within the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, thanks to a new scanning technology that measures subatomic particles passing through the pyramid (the technique isn’t too different from the way doctors use X-rays to image our bones). [...] In all, these technologies and others are bringing archaeologists ever closer to understanding the lives of our ancestors. As Richards-Rissetto puts it, "We're at the cutting edge of trying to understand who we are as humans."