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Features November/December 2026
Kingdom of Fortresses
How diverse and far-flung Iron Age chiefdoms united to challenge the Assyrian Empire
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A Tomb of One's Own
Life behind the scenes in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings
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Outfitting Viking Voyagers
In Denmark, archaeologists have discovered a massive factory that equipped an innovative fleet
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Stone Age Stargazers
Did artists 12,000 years ago illuminate a cave in Tajikistan with their vision of the Milky Way?
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Unearthing the Outlanders
New discoveries challenge ancient prophecies about the peoples living on China’s borders three millennia ago
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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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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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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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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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Features March/April 2013
Pirates of the Original Panama Canal
Searching for the remains of Captain Henry Morgan's raid on Panama City
(Courtesy Captain Morgan Rum Co.)