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Features November/December 2026
Kingdom of Fortresses
How diverse and far-flung Iron Age chiefdoms united to challenge the Assyrian Empire
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A Tomb of One's Own
Life behind the scenes in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings
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Outfitting Viking Voyagers
In Denmark, archaeologists have discovered a massive factory that equipped an innovative fleet
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Stone Age Stargazers
Did artists 12,000 years ago illuminate a cave in Tajikistan with their vision of the Milky Way?
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Unearthing the Outlanders
New discoveries challenge ancient prophecies about the peoples living on China’s borders three millennia ago
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Features July/August 2024
The Assyrian Renaissance
Archaeologists return to Nineveh in northern Iraq, one of the ancient world’s grandest imperial capitals
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A Dynasty Born in Fire
How an upstart Maya king forged a new social order amid chaos
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Making a Roman Emperor
A newly discovered monumental arch in Serbia reveals a family’s rise to power in the late second century a.d.
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Rise and Fall of Tiwanaku
New dating techniques are unraveling the mystery of a sacred Andean city
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Features May/June 2024
Searching for Lost Cities
From Iraq to West Africa and the English Channel to the Black Sea, archaeologists are on the hunt for evidence of once-great cities lost to time
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Alexander the Great's Untold Story
Excavations in northern Greece are revealing the world that shaped the future king
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