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Features May/June 2026
The Unexpected World of the Odyssey
Discovering the surprising inspirations behind Homer’s great tales of the Trojan War
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Pioneers of Lakefront Living
Why Neolithic and Bronze Age farmers in the Alps built their villages on stilts
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The Last Maya Kingdom
On the shores of a lake in Guatemala, the Itzá people defied the Spanish for nearly 200 years
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Art for the Ages
A surreal style of painting endured for 4,000 years in the canyonlands of West Texas
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Bridge to the Past
The Yellow River brought both prosperity and calamity to China’s dazzling medieval capital By Ling Xin
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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
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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
(Courtesy Parks Canada, Photo: Marc-André Bernier)