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Features January/February 2026
Top 10 Discoveries of 2025
ARCHAEOLOGY magazine’s editors reveal the year’s most exciting finds
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Features January/February 2026
The Cost of Doing Business
Piecing together the Roman empire’s longest known inscription—a peculiarly precise inventory of prices
Features January/February 2026
The Birds of Amarna
An Egyptian princess seeks sanctuary in her private palace
Features January/February 2026
Taking the Measure of Mesoamerica
Archaeologists decode the sacred mathematics embedded in an ancient city’s architecture
Features January/February 2026
Stone Gods and Monsters
3,000 years ago, an intoxicating new religion beckoned pilgrims to temples high in the Andes
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Features March/April 2012
Rome's Lost Aqueduct
Searching for the source of one of the city's greatest engineering achievements
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Features March/April 2012
Saga of the Northwest Passage
Discovering evidence of an ill-fated mission in the frigid waters of the Arctic
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Features January/February 2012
Pompeii, Italy
While plans are underway for a massive influx of funds from the European Union that will take a significant step in preserving the site in the future, the Roman city of Pompeii remains gravely imperiled.
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Features January/February 2012
Altamira Cave - Spain
a policy article published in the journal Science in October 2011, Spanish scientists argued against the reopening of Altamira Cave, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cave contains multicolored cave paintings featuring several red bison, dating back 14,000 years to the Upper Paleolithic.
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Features January/February 2012
Texas - United States
From October 2010 to the end of September 2011, Texas received the smallest amount of rainfall ever recorded over a 12-month period. he receding waters are affecting local ARCHAEOLOGY, exposing sites that have been underwater for decades.
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Features January/February 2012
Arab Spring Impacts Archaeology - Libya/Egypt/Tunisia/Syria
o discussion of the year 2011 can be complete without a reference to what's been termed Arab Spring. The political phenomenon has the potential to have an extraordinary impact on ARCHAEOLOGY for years to come.
