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Top 10 Discoveries of 2025
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The Cost of Doing Business
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The Birds of Amarna
An Egyptian princess seeks sanctuary in her private palace
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Taking the Measure of Mesoamerica
Archaeologists decode the sacred mathematics embedded in an ancient city’s architecture
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Stone Gods and Monsters
3,000 years ago, an intoxicating new religion beckoned pilgrims to temples high in the Andes
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Last Stand of the Hunter-Gatherers?
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The Amazing True Story of Nathan Harrison
Excavations of a mountain cabin uncover the hidden life of a formerly enslaved man who became a California legend
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The Visigoths' Imperial Ambitions
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Top 10 Discoveries of 2020
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Return to the River
Members of Virginia’s Rappahannock tribe are at work with archaeologists to document the landscape they call home
(Courtesy Julia King)