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Features May/June 2026

The Unexpected World of the Odyssey

Discovering the surprising inspirations behind Homer’s great tales of the Trojan War

Aerial view of Ilium

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Pioneers of Lakefront  Living

Why Neolithic and Bronze Age farmers in the Alps built their villages on stilts

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Modern replicas of Bronze Age houses in Lake Constance
© APM/Frank Müller

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The Last Maya Kingdom

On the shores of a lake in Guatemala, the Itzá people defied the Spanish for nearly 200 years

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Flores Island, Guatemala
Courtesy Timothy Pugh/Itzá Archaeological Project

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Art for the Ages

A surreal style of painting endured for 4,000 years in the canyonlands of West Texas

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Shumla Archaeological Research and Education Center Archive

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Bridge to the Past

The Yellow River brought both prosperity and calamity to China’s dazzling medieval capital By Ling Xin

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Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology

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    A Community's Roots

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    Plain of Jars

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    (Jerry Redfern)
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