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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IN HIS MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE

WASHINGTON RISKS IT ALL

CANINE COUTURE

ANCIENT LOOK BOOK

FOSSIL FORCE

THE EGYPTIAN SEQUENCE

BYOB(OAR)

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A KNOTTY PROBLEM

A FAMILIAR FACE

ON HER OWN TWO FEET

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AROUND THE WORLD

Secrets of the Seven Wonders • How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world’s most marvelous monuments

GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA, Egypt, third millennium B.C.

HANGING GARDEN, Mesopotamia, eighth century B.C.

STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA, Greece, fifth century B.C.

TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS, Turkey, fourth century B.C.

MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS, Turkey, fourth century B.C.

LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, third century B.C.

COLOSSUS OF RHODES, Greece, third century B.C.

ACTS OF FAITH • Evidence emerges of the day in 1562 when an infamous Spanish cleric tried to destroy Maya religion

Temples to Tradition • A looted cache of bronzes compels archaeologists to explore Celtic sanctuaries across Burgundy

OASIS MAKERS OF ARABIA • Researchers are just beginning to understand how people thrived in the desert of Oman some 5,000 years ago

SEARCHING FOR VENEZUELA’S UNDISCOVERED ARTISTS • Inspired by their otherworldly landscape, ancient people created a new rock art tradition

BUILDING THE BLACK CITY • Why the nomads of the Uighur Empire constructed a medieval urban center like no other

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