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Features November/December 2026
Kingdom of Fortresses
How diverse and far-flung Iron Age chiefdoms united to challenge the Assyrian Empire
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A Tomb of One's Own
Life behind the scenes in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings
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Outfitting Viking Voyagers
In Denmark, archaeologists have discovered a massive factory that equipped an innovative fleet
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Stone Age Stargazers
Did artists 12,000 years ago illuminate a cave in Tajikistan with their vision of the Milky Way?
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Unearthing the Outlanders
New discoveries challenge ancient prophecies about the peoples living on China’s borders three millennia ago
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Features November/December 2021
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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Features September/October 2021
Secret Rites of Samothrace
Reimagining the experience of initiation into an ancient Greek mystery cult
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Features September/October 2021
Searching for the Fisher Kings
In the waters of southern Florida, the creative Calusa people forged a mighty empire
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The Ugarit Archives
Thousands of cuneiform tablets written in a distinctive script tell the dramatic story of a Bronze Age merchant city in Syria
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Features July/August 2021
Autobiography of a Maya Ambassador
A grand monument and a humble burial chronicle the changing fortunes of a career diplomat
(Justin Kerr, K-5763, Justin Kerr Maya Vase Archive, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C.)