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Around the World March/April 2012

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  • Features March/April 2012

    Rome’s Lost Aqueduct

    Searching for the source of one of the city's greatest engineering achievements

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    (Courtesy Ted O'Neill)
  • Features March/April 2012

    Saga of the Northwest Passage

    Discovering evidence of an ill-fated mission in the frigid waters of the Arctic

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  • Letter from Tennessee March/April 2012

    Return to the Trail of Tears

    Excavations at the untouched site of a U.S. Army fort are providing a rare look at the path along which thousands of Cherokee were forcibly moved to Oklahoma

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  • Artifacts March/April 2012

    Silver Viking Coin

    Part of a hoard of more than 200 silver artifacts, this coin tells a surprisingly complete story about kingship at a time when Vikings from Scandinavia vied with the resident Anglo-Saxons for control of northwest England.

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    (© The Trustees of the British Museum)