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.
BEHIND THE SCENES
LESSONS FROM THE PAST
FROM OUR READERS
ICE AGE NECROPOLIS
OFF THE GRID • OUIDAH, REPUBLIC OF BENIN
HELLENISTIC HELMET SAFETY
ALL BUNDLED UP
SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
HAND PICKED
ANCIENT FORESTERS
INDIAN WARRIOR CLASS
PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS
CAN YOU DIG IT, MAN?
BREAKING THE MOLD
A VERY LONG WAY TO EAT RHINO
HOLD YOUR HORSES
MAKING AN ENTRANCE
DO NO HARM
WORLD ROUNDUP
The Rulers of Foreign Lands • Was a new regional power, once thought of as a bloodthirsty invading force, actually a catalyst for ancient Egypt’s most prosperous era?
A Local Institution • The cellar of an 18th-century coffeehouse has been unearthed in Cambridge, revealing a dynamic social venue
WHEN THE INUIT MET THE BASQUES • A site in southeastern Canada bears evidence of surprising 17th-century interactions between peoples from disparate parts of the world
FRAGMENTS OF ANCESTRAL MEMORY • Native texts discovered in a remote church in Mexico belong to an ancient sacred tradition
SHIPPING STONE • A wreck off the Sicilian coast offers a rare look into the world of Byzantine commerce
NEW YORK CITY’S DIRTIEST BEACH • Long-lost clues to the lives of forgotten New Yorkers are emerging from the sands at Dead Horse Bay
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