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

THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION

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PRIMORDIAL ALPHABET SOUP • IRAQ’S HIDDEN FORTRESS, VIKING LOVE LETTER, UNDERWATER NEAPOLITAN SHRINE…AND MUCH MORE

IBERIAN GENDER IMBALANCE

ICE AGE NEEDLEWORK

HIDDEN MESSAGES

ANCIENT BRITISH MASSACRE

POMPEII FRIEND GROUP

PRISON OR FORTRESS?

NABATAEANS ABROAD

SILK ROAD MOUNTAIN TOWNS

GREAT PRESPA LAKE ISLANDS, NORTH MACEDONIA AND ALBANIA

AROUND THE WORLD

AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE REBORN • By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens

THE SHELL SEEKERS • How hunter-gatherers in northern Florida facing an uncertain future revived a powerful symbol of their past

UNEARTHING AN ELUSIVE EMPIRE • Archaeologists have discovered rare evidence of an enlightened medieval dynasty that ruled much of Central Asia

The Secrets of Porvenir • Remembering the victims of a 1918 massacre that shook a Texas border community

Ahead of Their Time • Excavations reveal the surprising sophistication of Copper Age villagers in southwestern Iran 6,000 years agoA

ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PORK TABOO • Exploring ancient people’s shifting beliefs about rearing and eating pigs

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Archaeological Institute of America

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