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.
CONFLICTING FORCES
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DIGGING FOR THE FUTURE
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CREATE YOUR LEGACY • WITH THE AIA & THE CHARLES ELIOT NORTON SOCIETY
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DIGS & DISCOVERIES • ROMAN MARBLE SUNKEN CARGO, OLDEST SADDLE, EARLIEST PIZZA?… AND MUCH MORE
LAPAKAHI VILLAGE, HAWAII
AROUND THE WORLD
UKRAINE’S LOST CAPITAL • In 1708, Peter the Great destroyed Baturyn, a bastion of Cossack independence and culture
MAZEPA’S AFTERLIFE
When Lions Were King • Across the ancient world, people adopted the big cats as sacred symbols of power and protection
Secrets of Egypt’s Golden Boy • CT scans offer researchers a virtual look deep inside a mummy’s coffin
RITES OF REBELLION • Archaeologists unearth evidence of a 500-year-old resistance movement high in the Andes
BRONZE AGE POWER PLAYERS • How Hittite kings forged diplomatic ties with a shadowy Greek city-state
ORIGINS OF THE ILIAD
DIGGING ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE VOLCANO • Survivors of the infamous disaster rebuilt their lives on the ashes of the a.d. 79 eruption
AIA NEWS • Updates from the Archaeological Institute of America
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