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Features July/August 2026
Egypt's First Queen
How a trailblazing ruler pulled her realm back from the brink
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Features July/August 2022
Journeys of the Pyramid Builders
The story of the highly skilled workers who helped build Egypt’s Great Pyramid is emerging from a papyrus cache unearthed at the world’s oldest harbor
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The Philistine Age
Archaeologists are reconsidering the origins and history of a much-maligned ancient people
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The World of Egyptian Demons
Thousands of supernatural beings, including protective cobra spirits and knife-wielding turtles, guarded ancient Egyptians in life and death
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Secrets of Scotland's Viking Age Hoard
A massive cache of Viking silver and Anglo-Saxon heirlooms reveals the complex political landscape of ninth-century Britain
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A Monumental Imperial Biography
How Constantine’s architects pieced together the past to create a new vision in the heart of Rome
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The Last King of Babylon
Investigating the reign of Mesopotamia’s most eccentric ruler
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