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Features March/April 2026
Model Homes
A look inside miniature worlds created for the living, the dead, and the divine
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Pompeii's House of Dionysian Delights
Vivid frescoes in an opulent dining room celebrate the wild rites of the wine god
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Return to Serpent Mountain
Discovering the true origins of an enigmatic mile-long pattern in Peru’s coastal desert
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Himalayan High Art
In a remote region of India, archaeologists trace 4,000 years of history through a vast collection of petroglyphs
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What Happened in Goyet Cave?
New analysis of Neanderthal remains reveals surprisingly grim secrets
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Set in Stone
Why did prehistoric Native Americans fashion the enigmatic objects known as bannerstones?
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The Wall at the End of the Empire
The long and varied history of life along Hadrian’s Wall
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The Blackener’s Cave
Viking Age outlaws, taboo, and ritual in Iceland’s lava fields
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After the Battle
The defeat of a Scottish army at the 1650 Battle of Dunbar was just the beginning of an epic ordeal for the survivors
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The First American Revolution
Exploring the legacy of the New World’s most successful native rebellion
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