September/October 2015 Issue

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    Golden House of an Emperor

    How archaeologists are saving Nero’s fabled pleasure palace

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    (Marco Ansaloni)
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    New York's Original Seaport

    Traces of the city’s earliest beginnings as an economic and trading powerhouse lie just beneath the streets of South Street Seaport

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    (Library of Congress)
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    Cultural Revival

    Excavations near a Yup’ik village in Alaska are helping its people reconnect with the epic stories and practices of their ancestors

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    (Courtesy Charlotta Hillerdal, University of Aberdeen)
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    Mexico’s Enigmatic Figurines

    Until now, some of Mesoamerica’s most intriguing artifacts have been much admired, but little understood

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    Reclaiming Lost Identities

    Life and death in a workhouse during Ireland’s Great Famine

Letter from England

Letter from England

Writing on the Church Wall

Graffiti from the Middle Ages provides insight into personal expressions of faith in medieval England

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Artifact

Artifacts

Corner Beam Cover

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(Courtesy Chinese Cultural Relics)

Digs & Discoveries

Off the Grid

Off the Grid September/October 2015

Mission San Luis, Florida

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(Courtesy Florida Department of State, Mission San Luis)

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