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Features July/August 2025
Italy’s Garden of Monsters
Why did a Renaissance duke fill his wooded park with gargantuan stone sculptures?
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Setting Sail for Valhalla
Vikings staged elaborate spectacles to usher their rulers into the afterlife
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Lost City of the Samurai
Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles
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A Passion for Fruit
Exploring the surprisingly rich archaeological record of berries, melons…and more
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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 March/April 2015
Rome's Imperial Port
The vast site of Portus holds the key to understanding how Rome evolved from a mighty city to an empire
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Features March/April 2015
The Vikings in Ireland
A surprising discovery in Dublin challenges long-held ideas about when the Scandinavian raiders arrived on the Emerald Isle
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Features January/February 2015
Shipwreck Alley
From wood to steel, from sail to steam, from early pioneers to established industry, the history of the Great Lakes can be found deep beneath Thunder Bay
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Features November/December 2014
Dawn of a Thousand Suns
As the beginning of the Atomic Age fades into history, archaeologists work to document a time of uncertainty and experimentation
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Features November/December 2014
The Neolithic Toolkit
How experimental ARCHAEOLOGY is showing that Europe's first farmers were also its first carpenters
(Courtesy Rengert Elburg, Landesamt für Archäologie Sachsen)