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Features November/December 2025
Secrets of the Seven Wonders
How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments
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Acts of Faith
Evidence emerges of the day in 1562 when an infamous Spanish cleric tried to destroy Maya religion
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Temples to Tradition
A looted cache of bronzes compels archaeologists to explore Celtic sanctuaries across Burgundy
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Oasis Makers of Arabia
Researchers are just beginning to understand how people thrived in the desert of Oman some 5,000 years ago
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Searching for Venezuela’s Undiscovered Artists
Inspired by their otherworldly landscape, ancient people created a new rock art tradition
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Discovering a New Neolithic World
Excavations in southeastern Turkey are revolutionizing how archaeologists understand the monumental achievements of hunter-gatherers
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Freedom Fort
In eighteenth-century Spanish Florida, a militia composed of formerly enslaved Africans fought for their liberty
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In the Time of the Copper Kings
Some 3,500 years ago, prosperous merchants on Cyprus controlled the world’s most valuable commodity
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Top 10 Discoveries of 2023
ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds
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China's River of Gold
Excavations in Sichuan Province reveal the lost treasure of an infamous seventeenth-century warlord
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Assyrian Women of Letters
4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets illuminate the personal lives of Mesopotamian businesswomen
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