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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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Features March/April 2026
Pompeii's House of Dionysian Delights
Vivid frescoes in an opulent dining room celebrate the wild rites of the wine god
Features March/April 2026
Return to Serpent Mountain
Discovering the true origins of an enigmatic mile-long pattern in Peru’s coastal desert
Features March/April 2026
Himalayan High Art
In a remote region of India, archaeologists trace 4,000 years of history through a vast collection of petroglyphs
Features March/April 2026
What Happened in Goyet Cave?
New analysis of Neanderthal remains reveals surprisingly grim secrets
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Features November/December 2016
Samhain Revival
Looking for the roots of Halloween in Ireland’s Boyne Valley
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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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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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Features September/October 2016
Romans on the Bay of Naples
A spectacular villa under Positano sees the light
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Features September/October 2016
Worlds Within Us
Pulled from an unlikely source, ancient microbial DNA represents a new frontier in the study of the past—and modern health
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Features July/August 2016
Rites of the Scythians
Spectacular new discoveries from the Caucasus set the stage for a dramatic hilltop ritual
(Courtesy Andrey Belinski)