Andrew Lawler

Writer and Correspondent, North Carolina

Andrew Lawler is the author of Under Jerusalem (2021), as well as Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? (2014) and The Secret Token (2018). A contributing writer for Science and a contributing editor for Archaeology, his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and National Geographic, among others. He lives in North Carolina.

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Written by Andrew Lawler

Two men dressed in work attire examining and restoring ancient stone ruins in front of a historic stone building with a domed roof.

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Archaeology

Unearthing David’s city

Archaeologist Eilat Mazar dug with a spade in one hand and a Bible in the other. Should her theories be taken seriously?

Andrew Lawler

A man in a large chicken farm placing eggs onto a tray surrounded by chickens in metal cages under a wooden roof.

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Ecology and environmental sciences

Chicken of tomorrow

How a massive breeding contest turned a rarely eaten backyard bird into the technological marvel that feeds the world

Andrew Lawler