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Features November/December 2025

Secrets of the Seven Wonders

How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments

Amazon frieze from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

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Features November/December 2025

Acts of Faith

Evidence emerges of the day in 1562 when an infamous Spanish cleric tried to destroy Maya religion

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Temples to Tradition

A looted cache of bronzes compels archaeologists to explore Celtic sanctuaries across Burgundy

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The temple at the Gallo-Roman sanctuary in Couan in east-central France
M. Thivet, MSHE

Features November/December 2025

Oasis Makers of Arabia

Researchers are just beginning to understand how people thrived in the desert of Oman some 5,000 years ago

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Beehive-shaped tombs at the site of Al-Ayn, Oman
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Searching for Venezuela’s Undiscovered Artists

Inspired by their otherworldly landscape, ancient people created a new rock art tradition

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José Miguel Pérez-Gómez

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  • Features May/June 2013

    On the Trail of the Mimbres

    Archaeologists are tracking the disappearance of a remarkable type of pottery to rewrite the story of a culture’s decline

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    (© President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, [24-15-10/94603 + 60740377])
  • Features May/June 2013

    Haunt of the Resurrection Men

    A forgotten graveyard, the dawn of modern medicine, and the hard life in 19th-century London

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    (Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library)
  • Features May/June 2013

    The Kings of Kent

    The surprising discovery of an Anglo-Saxon feasting hall in the village of Lyminge is offering a new view of the lives of these pagan kings

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    (Photo by William Laing, © University of Reading)
  • Features March/April 2013

    Archaeology Island

    More than 4,000 years of history in only 16 square miles

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  • Features March 1, 2013

    History's 10 Greatest Wrecks...

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    (Private Collection/Bridgeman Art Library)
  • Features March/April 2013

    Pirates of the Original Panama Canal

    Searching for the remains of Captain Henry Morgan's raid on Panama City

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    (Courtesy Captain Morgan Rum Co.)
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