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Features September/October 2026
The Music of Time
Tuning in to the sounds of the ancient world
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A Change in Fashion
Hoards of lavish gold and silver neck rings buried on an English hill reflect dramatic social change
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Cultivating Fields of Stone
Peru’s ancient farmers used intricate rock maps to plan for the future
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Where Was Ancient Egypt Born?
Archaeologists are reimagining a time before the first pharaohs
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2,000 Years Under the Sea
The story of Greece’s famed Antikythera wreck is finally being revealed
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Features March/April 2016
Öland, Sweden. Spring, A.D. 480
A hastily built refuge—a grisly massacre—a turbulent period in European history
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Features March/April 2016
France’s Roman Heritage
Magnificent wall paintings discovered in present-day Arles speak to a previously unknown history
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Features March/April 2016
Recovering Hidden Texts
At the world’s oldest monastery, new technology is making long-lost manuscripts available to anyone with an Internet connection
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Features January/February 2016
Top 10 Discoveries of 2015
ARCHAEOLOGY's editors reveal the year's most compelling finds
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Features January/February 2016
The Many Lives of an English Manor House
A major restoration project at a grand estate reveals centuries of a nation’s history
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(Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy/De Agostini Picture Library/L. Pedicini/Bridgeman Images)