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Features July/August 2025
Italy’s Garden of Monsters
Why did a Renaissance duke fill his wooded park with gargantuan stone sculptures?
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Setting Sail for Valhalla
Vikings staged elaborate spectacles to usher their rulers into the afterlife
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Lost City of the Samurai
Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles
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A Passion for Fruit
Exploring the surprisingly rich archaeological record of berries, melons…and more
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An Egyptian Temple Reborn
By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens
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Features January/February 2025
Top 10 Discoveries of 2024
ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds
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Dancing Days of the Maya
In the mountains of Guatemala, murals depict elaborate performances combining Catholic and Indigenous traditions
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Features November/December 2024
Let the Games Begin
How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses
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Features November/December 2024
The Many Faces of the Kingdom of Shu
Thousands of fantastical bronzes are beginning to reveal the secrets of a legendary Chinese dynasty
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Features September/October 2024
Ancient DNA Revolution
How the rapidly evolving field of archaeogenetics is unlocking secrets of the past
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Features September/October 2024
Hunting for the Lost Temple of Artemis
After a century of searching, a chance discovery led archaeologists to one of the most important sanctuaries in the ancient Greek world
Courtesy Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece