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Kingdom of Fortresses

How diverse and far-flung Iron Age chiefdoms united to challenge the Assyrian Empire

Ayanis citadel

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Features November/December 2026

A Tomb of One’s Own

Life behind the scenes in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings

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Painted scene from Ipuy's chapel depicting men catching fish from a boat
© Matjaz Kacicnik/Project TT 217–The Tomb of the Sculptor Ipuy in Context (JGU Mainz, IFAO Cairo)

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Outfitting Viking Voyagers

In Denmark, archaeologists have discovered a massive factory that equipped an innovative fleet

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Aerial view of excavation of three pit house foundations, Soften, Denmark
Moesgaard Museum

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Stone Age Stargazers

Did artists 12,000 years ago illuminate a cave in Tajikistan with their vision of the Milky Way?

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Unearthing the Outlanders

New discoveries challenge ancient prophecies about the peoples living on China’s borders three millennia ago

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Courtesy Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology

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