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Features July/August 2026
Egypt's First Queen
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Features July/August 2023
Rise of the Persian Princes
In their grand capital Persepolis, Achaemenid rulers expressed their vision of a prosperous, multicultural empire
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The Ancient Promise of Water
How people of the past harnessed the power of the world’s most precious resource
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Peru's Great Urban Experiment
A millennium ago, the Chimú built a new way of life in the vast city of Chan Chan
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The Man in the Middle
How an ingenious royal official transformed Persian conquerors into proper Egyptian pharaohs
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The Shaman's Secrets
9,000 years ago, two people were buried in Germany with hundreds of ritual objects—who were they?
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Top 10 Discoveries of 2022
ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds
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