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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
Is a Native American origin story embedded in Ohio’s colossal earthwork?
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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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Tennis, Anyone?
Discovering the origins of the peculiar racket game that swept sixteenth-century France
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Features November/December 2018
The Marks of Time
A six-week heat wave in the U.K. and Ireland exposes nearly 5,000 years of history
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Features November/December 2018
Reimagining the Crusades
A detailed picture of more than two centuries of European Christian life in the Holy Land is emerging from new excavations at monasteries, towns, cemeteries, and some of the world’s most enduring castles
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Features September/October 2018
The Rulers of Foreign Lands
Was a new regional power, once thought of as a bloodthirsty invading force, actually a catalyst for ancient Egypt’s most prosperous era?
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Features September/October 2018
Shipping Stone
A wreck off the Sicilian coast offers a rare look into the world of Byzantine commerce
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Features July/August 2018
Westminster Abbey’s Hidden History
Far above the royal pomp and circumstance, archaeologists unexpectedly discover seven centuries of England’s past
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The City at the Beginning of the World
The only Maya city with an urban grid may embody a creation myth
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