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Italy’s Garden of Monsters
Why did a Renaissance duke fill his wooded park with gargantuan stone sculptures?
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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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Features May/June 2012
Archaeology of Titanic
It has been 100 years since it sank, and 27 years since it was rediscovered. Now the wreck of Titanic has finally become what it was always meant to be: an archaeological site.
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Features March/April 2012
New Life for the Lion Man
Using recently uncovered fragments, archaeologists may be able to finally piece together one of the world's oldest works of art
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Features May/June 2012
The Story of a Site and a Project: Excavating Tel Kedesh
More than a decade after they began working at an enormous mound in Israel's Upper Galilee region, two archaeologists reflect on their work
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Features March/April 2012
Rome's Lost Aqueduct
Searching for the source of one of the city's greatest engineering achievements
(Courtesy Ted O'Neill)