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Features November/December 2025

Secrets of the Seven Wonders

How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments

Amazon frieze from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

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Features November/December 2025

Acts of Faith

Evidence emerges of the day in 1562 when an infamous Spanish cleric tried to destroy Maya religion

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Temples to Tradition

A looted cache of bronzes compels archaeologists to explore Celtic sanctuaries across Burgundy

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The temple at the Gallo-Roman sanctuary in Couan in east-central France
M. Thivet, MSHE

Features November/December 2025

Oasis Makers of Arabia

Researchers are just beginning to understand how people thrived in the desert of Oman some 5,000 years ago

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Beehive-shaped tombs at the site of Al-Ayn, Oman
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Searching for Venezuela’s Undiscovered Artists

Inspired by their otherworldly landscape, ancient people created a new rock art tradition

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José Miguel Pérez-Gómez

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  • Features September/October 2019

    Minaret in the Mountains

    Excavations near a 12th-century tower reveal the summer capital of a forgotten Islamic empire

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    (Courtesy Minaret of Jam Archaeological Project)
  • Features July/August 2019

    Digging Deeper into Pompeii’s Past

    New research is uncovering the ancient city’s dynamic story from its origins to the eruption that buried it

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    (Pasquale Sorrentino)
  • Features July/August 2019

    Place of the Loyal Samurai

    On the beaches and in the caves of a small Micronesian island, archaeologists have identified evocative evidence of one of WWII’s most brutal battles

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    (Courtesy Neil Price)
  • Features May/June 2019

    Mapping the Past

    ARCHAEOLOGY’s editors explore the genius and creativity of mapmakers through time

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    (Courtesy of the Penn Museum/object #B13885)
  • Features May/June 2019

    Bringing Back Moche Badminton

    How reviving an ancient ritual game gave an archaeologist new insight into the lives of ancient Peruvians

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    (Courtesy Christopher Donnan, Illustration by Donna McClelland)
  • Features May/June 2019

    Inside King Tut’s Tomb

    A decade of research offers a new look at the burial of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh

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    (Courtesy Factum Arte)
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