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Features March/April 2026
Model Homes
A look inside miniature worlds created for the living, the dead, and the divine
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Features March/April 2026
Pompeii's House of Dionysian Delights
Vivid frescoes in an opulent dining room celebrate the wild rites of the wine god
Features March/April 2026
Return to Serpent Mountain
Discovering the true origins of an enigmatic mile-long pattern in Peru’s coastal desert
Features March/April 2026
Himalayan High Art
In a remote region of India, archaeologists trace 4,000 years of history through a vast collection of petroglyphs
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What Happened in Goyet Cave?
New analysis of Neanderthal remains reveals surprisingly grim secrets
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Features July/August 2014
Revisiting the Gokstad
More than a century after Norway's Gokstad ship burial was first excavated, scientists are examining the remains of the VIking chieftain buried inside and learning the truth about how he lived and died
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Features May/June 2014
America’s Chinatowns
Dozens of digs and collections are revealing the culture, diversity, and challenges of the first Chinese Americans
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Features May/June 2014
Searching for the Comanche Empire
In a deep gorge in New Mexico, archaeologists have discovered a unique site that tells the story of a nomadic confederacy's rise to power in the heart of North America
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Features March/April 2014
Saving the Villa of the Mysteries
Beneath the surface of Pompeii's most famous house
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Features March/April 2014
All Hands on Deck
Inviting the world to explore a shipwreck deep in the Gulf of Mexico
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Features March/April 2014
Messengers to the Gods
During a turbulent period in ancient Egypt, common people turned to animal mummies to petition the gods, inspiring the rise of a massive religious industry
Courtesy The Brooklyn Museum