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.

THE MEANING OF HOME

CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN OR WOMAN

FROM OUR READERS

FAIRFIELD’S REBIRTH IN 3-D

OFF THE GRID • INISHARK ISLAND, COUNTY GALWAY, IRELAND

REBURIAL IN LUXOR

MILD BOARS

FOREIGN FUNERAL RITES

THE MAGIC MINERAL

DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON

AFTER THE RAIN

ICE MERCHANTS

THE CHICKEN PEOPLE

HONORING THE ANCESTORS

AHEAD OF HIS TIME

CELTIC TROPHY HEADS

A RIDE TO VALHALLA

INDIA’S TEMPLE ISLAND

WORLD ROUNDUP

Egypt’s Eternal City • Once the most sacred site on the Nile, Heliopolis was all but forgotten until archaeologists returned to save it from disappearing forever

The Obelisks of Heliopolis

A MEMORY OF HOME • A volcanic eruption forced the people of Ecuador’s Jama Valley to abandon their homeland. What brought them back?

BETWEEN TWO EMPIRES • Exploring the extensive remains of a short-lived city that flourished during a turbulent era of ancient Near Eastern history

A Hint from Herodotus

ART AT THE END OF THE ICE AGE • Newly discovered engraved stone tablets are evidence that a prehistoric tradition endured long after it was thought to have vanished

ART OF THE LATE PALEOLITHIC CULTURES IN EUROPE

Sicily’s Lost Theater • Archaeologists resume the search for the home of drama in a majestic Greek sanctuary

ON THE RANGE • Excavations at a ranch in the southern High Plains show how generations of people adapted to an iconic Western landscape

THE YEAR OF TROY

Photo Credits

DISPATCHES FROM THE AIA • EXCAVATE EDUCATE ADVOCATE

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