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Features March/April 2025
An Egyptian Temple Reborn
By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens
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Features January/February 2025
Top 10 Discoveries of 2024
ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds
Features January/February 2025
Dancing Days of the Maya
In the mountains of Guatemala, murals depict elaborate performances combining Catholic and Indigenous traditions
Features November/December 2024
Let the Games Begin
How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses
Features November/December 2024
The Many Faces of the Kingdom of Shu
Thousands of fantastical bronzes are beginning to reveal the secrets of a legendary Chinese dynasty
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Features September/October 2017
The Heights We Go To
The links among extreme environments, genetics, and the human ability to adapt
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Features September/October 2017
Painted Worlds
Searching for the meaning of self-expression in the land of the Moche
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Features July/August 2017
Set in Stone
Why did prehistoric Native Americans fashion the enigmatic objects known as bannerstones?
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Features May/June 2017
The Wall at the End of the Empire
The long and varied history of life along Hadrian’s Wall
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Features May/June 2017
The Blackener’s Cave
Viking Age outlaws, taboo, and ritual in Iceland’s lava fields
(Photo: Samir S. Patel)