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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EGYPTIAN CROCODILE HUNT
MONUMENTS TO YOUTH
NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOOZE CRUISE
IMPERIAL GARDEN SHOWDOWN
A PHARAOH’S COFFIN
BRONZE AGE PALEONTOLOGISTS
MATCHBOX MEMORIES
SECRETS OF A SILVER HOARD
SELJA ISLAND, NORWAY
AROUND THE WORLD
LET THE GAMES BEGIN • How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses
Europe’s Lost Bronze Age Civilization • Archaeologists have discovered more than 100 previously unknown megasites north of the Danube
THE MANY FACES OF THE KINGDOM OF SHU • Thousands of fantastical bronzes are beginning to reveal the secrets of a legendary Chinese dynasty
CHALICE OF SOULS • A Maya jade heirloom embodies an enduring sacred tradition
Exploring Ancient Persia’s Royal Fire Temple • At a remote lake in the mountains of Iran, archaeologists have identified the most revered Zoroastrian sanctuary
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REMEMBERING AN UNSPEAKABLE CRIME • Excavations of a mass grave expose evidence of Nazi-era massacres
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