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.

AIMING HIGH

ARCHAEOLOGY

COMMUNITY AND CHANGE

FROM OUR READERS

AN ENDURING DESIGN

THE MUMMIES RETURN

A DUTIFUL ROMAN SOLDIER

IN FULL PLUME

JOUST LIKE A KING

TEMPLE OF HEAVEN

LADY KILLER

MORE VESUVIUS VICTIMS

UNCOVERING PYLOS

FLOWER CHILD

TYRRHENIAN TRADERS

ALIBATES FLINT QUARRIES NATIONAL MONUMENT, TEXAS

AROUND THE WORLD

The Lost World of Lihyan • A forgotten city of spice traders once ruled the oases of northern Arabia

THE WRITING ON THE WALL

MAPPING A CITY IN THE CLOUDS • Drone-mounted lasers reveal a new view of an ancient Peruvian citadel

CEMETERIES IN THE SKY

The Amazing True Story of Nathan Harrison • Excavations of a mountain cabin uncover the hidden life of a formerly enslaved man who became a California legend

The Birth of Western Tourism

GOLDEN GOATS OF UR • Decoding the meaning of a pair of 4,500-year-old Sumerian statuettes

THE VISIGOTHS’ IMPERIAL AMBITIONS • How an unlikely Visigothic city rose in Spain amid the chaotic aftermath of Rome’s final collapse

CLIFF DWELLERS OF THE SIERRA MADRE • A recurring design motif found in northern Mexico’s ancient mountain villages reflects complex cultural ties between distant peoples

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DISPATCHES FROM THE AIA

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