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Features July/August 2025
Italy’s Garden of Monsters
Why did a Renaissance duke fill his wooded park with gargantuan stone sculptures?
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Setting Sail for Valhalla
Vikings staged elaborate spectacles to usher their rulers into the afterlife
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Lost City of the Samurai
Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles
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A Passion for Fruit
Exploring the surprisingly rich archaeological record of berries, melons…and more
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An Egyptian Temple Reborn
By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens
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Features September 1, 2011
Pompeii's Dead Reimagined
An artist interprets the ancient city's most evocative artifacts.
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Features September 1, 2011
Defending a Jungle Kingdom
Newly uncovered fortifications reveal how ancient Maya rulers struggled for wealth and territory
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Features September 1, 2011
The Edible Seascape
A reevaluation of evidence along North America's western coast shows how its earliest inhabitants managed the sea's resources.
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Features July 1, 2011
Rebuilding Beirut
"This city is one of those that must live and relive, come what may," wrote the nineteenth-century French geographer Élisée Reclus. "The conquerors pass on and the city is reborn behind them."
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Features July 1, 2011
Assisi's Roman Villa
A surprise discovery under a medieval Italian town square.
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Features July 1, 2011
The Nok of Nigeria
Unlocking the secrets of West Africa's earliest known civilization
