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Features September/October 2024

Ancient DNA Revolution

How the rapidly evolving field of archaeogenetics is unlocking secrets of the past

Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia

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Features September/October 2024

Hunting for the Lost Temple of Artemis

After a century of searching, a chance discovery led archaeologists to one of the most important sanctuaries in the ancient Greek world

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Courtesy Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece

Features July/August 2024

Java's Megalithic Mountain

Across the Indonesian archipelago, people raised immense stones to honor their ancestors

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Indonesia Java Gunung Padang Megalithic Site
(Courtesy Lutfi Yondri)

Features July/August 2024

The Assyrian Renaissance

Archaeologists return to Nineveh in northern Iraq, one of the ancient world’s grandest imperial capitals

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(Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project)

Features May/June 2024

Searching for Lost Cities

From Iraq to West Africa and the English Channel to the Black Sea, archaeologists are on the hunt for evidence of once-great cities lost to time

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Lands of the Golden Horde, fourteenth-century map
(© BnF, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY)

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  • Features September/October 2012

    Final Resting Place of an Outlaw

    Archaeological and forensic detective work lead to the remains of Ned Kelly, one of Australia’s most celebrated, reviled, and polarizing historical figures

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  • Features September/October 2012

    The 3,000 Buddhas

    The surprises of China’s largest sculpture cache

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  • London 2012 July/August 2012

    Neolithic Rituals

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    (Courtesy The Museum of London and Pre-Construct Archaeology)
  • Features July/August 2012

    Tomb of the Chantress

    A newly discovered burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings provides a rare glimpse into the life of an ancient Egyptian singer

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    (Courtesy © University of Basel Kings' Valley Project)
  • Features July/August 2012

    London 2012

    Archaeology and the Olympics

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    (Courtesy Olympic Delivery Authority)
  • London 2012 July/August 2012

    London's Battlefield

    London Olympic Park

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    (Courtesy The Museum of London and Pre-Construct Archaeology)
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