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Features September/October 2026
The Music of Time
Tuning in to the sounds of the ancient world
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A Change in Fashion
Hoards of lavish gold and silver neck rings buried on an English hill reflect dramatic social change
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Cultivating Fields of Stone
Peru’s ancient farmers used intricate rock maps to plan for the future
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Where Was Ancient Egypt Born?
Archaeologists are reimagining a time before the first pharaohs
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2,000 Years Under the Sea
The story of Greece’s famed Antikythera wreck is finally being revealed
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Features January/February 2026
Taking the Measure of Mesoamerica
Archaeologists decode the sacred mathematics embedded in an ancient city’s architecture
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Stone Gods and Monsters
3,000 years ago, an intoxicating new religion beckoned pilgrims to temples high in the Andes
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Secrets of the Seven Wonders
How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments
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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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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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