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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
Features March/April 2026
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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Features July/August 2016
Franklin’s Last Voyage
After 170 years and countless searches, archaeologists have discovered a famed wreck in the frigid Arctic
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Features May/June 2016
The World's Oldest Writing
Used by scribes for more than three millennia, cuneiform writing opens a dramatic window onto ancient Mesopotamian life
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Features May/June 2016
An Overlooked Inca Wonder
Thousands of aligned holes in Peru’s Pisco Valley have attracted the attention of archaeologists
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Features March/April 2016
Öland, Sweden. Spring, A.D. 480
A hastily built refuge—a grisly massacre—a turbulent period in European history
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Features March/April 2016
France’s Roman Heritage
Magnificent wall paintings discovered in present-day Arles speak to a previously unknown history
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Features March/April 2016
Recovering Hidden Texts
At the world’s oldest monastery, new technology is making long-lost manuscripts available to anyone with an Internet connection
(Copyright St. Catherine's Monastery)