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Top 10 Discoveries of 2025
ARCHAEOLOGY magazine’s editors reveal the year’s most exciting finds
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An Egyptian princess seeks sanctuary in her private palace
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Taking the Measure of Mesoamerica
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Features July 1, 2011
The Nok of Nigeria
Unlocking the secrets of West Africa's earliest known civilization
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Features May 1, 2011
YP-389 and the Battle of the Atlantic
In the first half of 1942, while most of the U.S. Navy was occupied in the Pacific, German U-boats stalked the Atlantic coast.
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Features May 1, 2011
Archaeology of World War II
Years after the end of the world's greatest conflict, new research reveals the true nature and extent of its impact
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Features May 1, 2011
Video: Operation Saipan
An underwater trail of the submerged archaeological evidence of the Battle of Saipan, Marianas Islands, one of the turning points in the Pacific theater of operation
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Features May 1, 2011
The Story of YP-389