News January 9, 2013
YANGON, BURMA—A team looking for disassembled British Spitfires that were buried in Myanmar after World War II has discovered a wooden crate filled with muddy water. “It will take some time to pump the water out, but I do expect all aircraft to be in very good condition,” said David Cundall, an aviation enthusiast who has been searching for the planes for the past 17 years. As many as 36 war planes could be hidden underground.
Off the Grid May/June 2025
Features May/June 2025
Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles
Features November/December 2012
As one Maya calendar reaches the end of a cycle, we take a look at how an ancient people understood their place in the cosmos
Features November/December 2012
New excavations continue to tell the story of an ancient city at the crossroads between east and west
Letter from India November/December 2012
Searching for a new approach to development, tourism, and local needs at the grand medieval city of Hampi
Artifacts November/December 2012
Ceramic beakers were the vessels of choice for the so-called “Black Drink” used at Cahokia by Native Americans in their purification rituals
Digs & Discoveries November/December 2012
