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Egypt's First Queen

How a trailblazing ruler pulled her realm back from the brink

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Secrets of the Serpent

Is a Native American origin story embedded in Ohio’s colossal earthwork?

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Slinging Insults

Greek and Roman soldiers fired pointed barbs at their enemies

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Lead sling bullet inscribed with the Greek inscription MATHOU
Courtesy Michael Eisenberg

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Inside Africa’s Houses of Stone

Archaeologists are rethinking how kings shared power beyond the great capitals of medieval Zimbabwe

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Tennis, Anyone?

Discovering the origins of the peculiar racket game that swept sixteenth-century France

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King Louis XIII's jeu de paume court at the Palace of Versailles
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  • Features November/December 2012

    The Maya Sense of Time

    As one Maya calendar reaches the end of a cycle, we take a look at how an ancient people understood their place in the cosmos

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    (Copyright Kenneth Garrett)
  • Features November/December 2012

    Zeugma After the Flood

    New excavations continue to tell the story of an ancient city at the crossroads between east and west

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    Photo of Belkıs/Zeugma
    (Hasan Yelken/Images & Stories)
  • Features September/October 2012

    Final Resting Place of an Outlaw

    Archaeological and forensic detective work lead to the remains of Ned Kelly, one of Australia’s most celebrated, reviled, and polarizing historical figures

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  • Features September/October 2012

    The 3,000 Buddhas

    The surprises of China’s largest sculpture cache

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  • Features July/August 2012

    Tomb of the Chantress

    A newly discovered burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings provides a rare glimpse into the life of an ancient Egyptian singer

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    (Courtesy © University of Basel Kings' Valley Project)
  • Features July/August 2012

    London 2012

    ARCHAEOLOGY and the Olympics

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    (Courtesy Olympic Delivery Authority)
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