March/April 2020 Issue

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    Inside a Medieval Gaelic Castle

    A tiny Irish island holds the secrets of an unknown royal way of life

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    (EUNAN SWEENEY/ Alamy Stock Photo)
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    Remembering the Shark Hunters

    Unique burials show how ancient Peruvians celebrated dangerous deep-sea expeditions

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    (Courtesy Gabriel Prieto)
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    Lord of the Oasis

    In Egypt’s Western Desert, worship of the mysterious god Seth thrived long after it waned elsewhere

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    The Founder's Tomb

    Frescoes discovered in a Jordanian village narrate the early days of a once-cosmopolitan city on the eastern edge of the Roman Empire

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    Atomic Age Ghost Fleet

    The submerged remains of two massive bomb tests in the Pacific illustrate the potential horrors of nuclear war

Letter from the Four Corners

Letter from the Four Corners

In Search of Prehistoric Potatoes

Native peoples of the American Southwest dined on a little-known spud at least 10,000 years ago

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(©2020/Jerry Redfern)

Artifact

Artifacts

Gravettian "Venus" Figure

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(Courtesy INRAP)

Digs & Discoveries

Off the Grid

Off the Grid March/April 2020

Gunung Kawi, Bali

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(Marius Dobilus/Alamy Stock Photo)

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