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Features November/December 2025

Secrets of the Seven Wonders

How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments

Amazon frieze from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

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Acts of Faith

Evidence emerges of the day in 1562 when an infamous Spanish cleric tried to destroy Maya religion

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Temples to Tradition

A looted cache of bronzes compels archaeologists to explore Celtic sanctuaries across Burgundy

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The temple at the Gallo-Roman sanctuary in Couan in east-central France
M. Thivet, MSHE

Features November/December 2025

Oasis Makers of Arabia

Researchers are just beginning to understand how people thrived in the desert of Oman some 5,000 years ago

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Beehive-shaped tombs at the site of Al-Ayn, Oman
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Searching for Venezuela’s Undiscovered Artists

Inspired by their otherworldly landscape, ancient people created a new rock art tradition

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José Miguel Pérez-Gómez

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    Hoards of the Vikings

    Evidence of trade, diplomacy, and vast wealth on an unassuming island in the Baltic Sea

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    (Gabriel Hildebrand/The Royal Coin Cabinet, Sweden)
  • Features January/February 2017

    Fire in the Fens

    A short-lived settlement provides an unparalleled view of Bronze Age life in eastern England

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    (Courtesy The Cambridge Archaeological Unit)
  • Features November/December 2016

    Samhain Revival

    Looking for the roots of Halloween in Ireland’s Boyne Valley

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    (Courtesy Stephen Davis, University College Dublin)
  • Features November/December 2016

    Expanding the Story

    New discoveries are overturning long-held assumptions and revealing previously ignored complexities at the desert castle of Khirbet al-Mafjar

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    (Sara Toth Stub/Courtesy The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum)
  • Features September/October 2016

    A New View of the Birthplace of the Olympics

    Taking an innovative approach to one of ancient architecture’s most intriguing questions

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    (Courtesy Sapirstein/Digital Architecture Project (c) 2016)
  • Features September/October 2016

    Romans on the Bay of Naples

    A spectacular villa under Positano sees the light

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    Marco Merola
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