ARCHAEOLOGY

ARCHAEOLOGY magazine offers readers incisive reporting, vivid storytelling, compelling photography – and the latest news from around the globe – all devoted to exploring the world’s ancient past. Whether reporting from a dive on an Arctic shipwreck, trekking through Afghanistan, or digging just beneath Beirut, ARCHAEOLOGY’s editors and writers bring readers the science, and the magic, of archaeological discovery.

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LEGEND OF THE CRYSTAL BRAIN

BOUND FOR HEAVEN

SAINTS ALIVE

SOLDIERS OF ILL FORTUNE

ANCESTRAL RINGS

NEOLITHIC NEOPHYTES

THE BONE TOOLKIT

UNDER THE SKIN

MINERS’ MISFORTUNE

WAX ON, WAX OFF

SCENT OF A STATUE

VICHAMA, PERU

AROUND THE WORLD

ITALY’S GARDEN OF MONSTERS • Why did a Renaissance duke fill his wooded park with gargantuan stone sculptures?

THE HOME OF THE WEATHER GOD • In northern Anatolia, archaeologists have discovered the source of Hittite royal power

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Setting Sail for Valhalla • Vikings staged elaborate spectacles to usher their rulers into the afterlife

In Search of Lost Pharaohs • Anubis Mountain conceals the tombs of an obscure Egyptian dynasty

Birds of a Feather • Intriguing rock art in the Four Corners reveals how the Basketmaker people drew inspiration from ducks 1,500 years ago

A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD CITY • Archaeologists are reconstructing the complicated 400-year history of Virginia’s colonial capital

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE of AMERICA

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