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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 March/April 2022
Paradise Lost
Archaeologists in Nova Scotia are uncovering evidence of thriving seventeenth-century French colonists and their brutal expulsion
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Exploring Notre Dame's Hidden Past
The devastating 2019 fire is providing an unprecedented look at the secrets of the great cathedral
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Features January/February 2022
Top 10 Discoveries of 2021
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At Face Value
Researchers are using new scientific methods to investigate how artists in Roman Egypt customized portraits for the dead
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When Isis Was Queen
At the ancient Egyptian temples of Philae, Nubians gave new life to a vanishing religious tradition
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Italian Master Builders
A 3,500-year-old ritual pool reflects a little-known culture’s agrarian prowess
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