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Dancing Days of the Maya

In the mountains of Guatemala, murals depict elaborate performances combining Catholic and Indigenous traditions

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Photograph by R. Słaboński

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Let the Games Begin

How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses

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The Many Faces of the Kingdom of Shu

Thousands of fantastical bronzes are beginning to reveal the secrets of a legendary Chinese dynasty

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Courtesy Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

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Ancient DNA Revolution

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

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  • Features January/February 2013

    Neolithic Europe's Remote Heart

    One thousand years of spirituality, innovation, and social development emerge from a ceremonial center on the Scottish archipelago of Orkney

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  • Features January/February 2013

    The Water Temple of Inca-Caranqui

    Hydraulic engineering was the key to winning the hearts and minds of a conquered people

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    (Courtesy Tamara L. Bray)
  • Features November/December 2012

    The Maya Sense of Time

    As one Maya calendar reaches the end of a cycle, we take a look at how an ancient people understood their place in the cosmos

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    (Copyright Kenneth Garrett)
  • Features November/December 2012

    Zeugma After the Flood

    New excavations continue to tell the story of an ancient city at the crossroads between east and west

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    (Hasan Yelken/Images & Stories)
  • 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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