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Features Apr 25, 2022
Java's Megalithic Mountain
Across the Indonesian archipelago, people raised immense stones to honor their ancestors
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Return to the River
Members of Virginia’s Rappahannock tribe are at work with archaeologists to document the landscape they call home
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