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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
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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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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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Art for the Ages
A surreal style of painting endured for 4,000 years in the canyonlands of West Texas
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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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Features November/December 2024
Europe’s Lost Bronze Age Civilization
Archaeologists have discovered more than 100 previously unknown megasites north of the Danube
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Chalice of Souls
A Maya jade heirloom embodies an enduring sacred tradition
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Exploring Ancient Persia’s Royal Fire Temple
At a remote lake in the mountains of Iran, archaeologists have identified the most revered Zoroastrian sanctuary
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Ancient DNA Revolution
How the rapidly evolving field of archaeogenetics is unlocking secrets of the past
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Hunting for the Lost Temple of Artemis
After a century of searching, a chance discovery led archaeologists to one of the most important sanctuaries in the ancient Greek world
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Trees of the Sky World
Why Australia’s Indigenous Wiradjuri people carved sacred symbols into trees to mark burials of their honored dead
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