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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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

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE of AMERICA

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