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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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Secrets of the Serpent
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Slinging Insults
Greek and Roman soldiers fired pointed barbs at their enemies
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Inside Africa’s Houses of Stone
Archaeologists are rethinking how kings shared power beyond the great capitals of medieval Zimbabwe
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Discovering the origins of the peculiar racket game that swept sixteenth-century France
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Features November/December 2021
Ghost Tracks of White Sands
Scientists are uncovering fossilized footprints in the New Mexico desert that show how humans and Ice Age animals shared the landscape
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Features November/December 2021
Piecing Together Maya Creation Stories
Thousands of mural fragments from the city of San Bartolo illustrate how the Maya envisioned their place in the universe
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Gaul's University Town
New excavations have revealed the wealth and prestige of an ancient center of learning
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Features September/October 2021
The Pursuit of Wellness
How the ancients attended to mind, body, and soul
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Secret Rites of Samothrace
Reimagining the experience of initiation into an ancient Greek mystery cult
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Searching for the Fisher Kings
In the waters of southern Florida, the creative Calusa people forged a mighty empire
(Merald Clark)