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Features July/August 2026
Egypt's First Queen
How a trailblazing ruler pulled her realm back from the brink
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Secrets of the Serpent
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Slinging Insults
Greek and Roman soldiers fired pointed barbs at their enemies
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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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Features September 1, 2011
The Edible Seascape
A reevaluation of evidence along North America's western coast shows how its earliest inhabitants managed the sea's resources.
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Features July 1, 2011
Rebuilding Beirut
As the modern city rises, archaeologists uncover evidence of its complex history and changing fortunes
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Features July 1, 2011
Assisi's Roman Villa
A surprise discovery under a medieval Italian town square.
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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.
