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Features January/February 2025
Top 10 Discoveries of 2024
ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds
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Features January/February 2025
Dancing Days of the Maya
In the mountains of Guatemala, murals depict elaborate performances combining Catholic and Indigenous traditions
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Let the Games Begin
How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses
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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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Ancient DNA Revolution
How the rapidly evolving field of archaeogenetics is unlocking secrets of the past
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Features March/April 2016
Recovering Hidden Texts
At the world’s oldest monastery, new technology is making long-lost manuscripts available to anyone with an Internet connection
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Features January/February 2016
The Many Lives of an English Manor House
A major restoration project at a grand estate reveals centuries of a nation’s history
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Features November/December 2015
The Acropolis of Athens
The decades-long project to restore the site to its iconic past
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Features November/December 2015
Where There's Smoke...
Learning to see the archaeology under our feet
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