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Features Sep 29, 2026
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The Acropolis of Athens
The decades-long project to restore the site to its iconic past
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Where There's Smoke...
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Golden House of an Emperor
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New York's Original Seaport
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Cultural Revival
Excavations near a Yup’ik village in Alaska are helping its people reconnect with the epic stories and practices of their ancestors
(Courtesy Charlotta Hillerdal, University of Aberdeen)