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Dancing Days of the Maya

In the mountains of Guatemala, murals depict elaborate performances combining Catholic and Indigenous traditions

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Features November/December 2024

Let the Games Begin

How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses

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The Many Faces of the Kingdom of Shu

Thousands of fantastical bronzes are beginning to reveal the secrets of a legendary Chinese dynasty

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Ancient DNA Revolution

How the rapidly evolving field of archaeogenetics is unlocking secrets of the past

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  • Features March 1, 2009

    Trash Talk

    Sorting through a mountain of pottery to track the Roman oil trade

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    (Pasquale Sorrentino)
  • Features August 15, 2007

    The Language of the Arena

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    (Image from the Art Renewal Center website, www.artrenewal.org)
  • Features August 15, 2007

    The Roman Arena

    How the games worked

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    Colosseum, Rome, Italy
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  • Features November 1, 2006

    A Community's Roots

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    (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution/Art Resource)
  • Features July 1, 2005

    Plain of Jars

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    (Jerry Redfern)
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