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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ARCHAEOLOGY

ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES AT RISK

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DIGS & DISCOVERIES • OLDEST STAINED GLASS, IRISH BOG IDOL, ANCIENT SHEEP JERKY…AND MUCH MORE

IN FULL COLOR

TYPING TIME

OTTO’S CHURCH

AN IRISH IDOL

A FAMILY’S FINAL RESTING PLACE

A PLACE OF THEIR OWN

A TRIP TO VENICE

SALTY SNACK

THE AGE OF GLASS

CHINA’S NEW HUMAN SPECIES

MESOPOTAMIAN WAR MEMORIAL

BODIE, CALIFORNIA

AROUND THE WORLD

When Isis Was Queen • At the ancient Egyptian temples of Philae, Nubians gave new life to a vanishing religious tradition

Piecing Together Maya Creation Stories • Thousands of mural fragments from the city of San Bartolo illustrate how the Maya envisioned their place in the universe

ITALIAN MASTER BUILDERS • A 3,500-year-old ritual pool reflects a little-known culture’s agrarian prowess

GHOST TRACKS OF WHITE SANDS • Scientists are uncovering fossilized footprints in the New Mexico desert that show how humans and Ice Age animals shared the landscape

GAUL’S UNIVERSITY TOWN • New excavations have revealed the wealth and prestige of an ancient center of learning

LIFE OUTSIDE THE CASTLE • At Christiansborg Castle, a community that embodied the complexity of the transatlantic slave trade is being uncovered by descendants of those who created it

DISPATCHES FROM THE AIA • EXCAVATE ▪ EDUCATE ▪ ADVOCATE

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