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.
SYMBOLIZING THE PAST
ARCHAEOLOGY
ASPIRATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
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DIGS & DISCOVERIES • BRITAIN’S RAVENOUS RAPTORS, PALEOLITHIC PLANNERS, FESTIVE FISH FEASTS…AND MUCH MORE
THE KING’S THRONE
BYZANTINE BOOMTOWN
LAY OF THE LAND
MAKING HISTORY
SOMETHING’S FISHY
STICKING TO THE RAPTOR DIET
HERO WORSHIP
PHARAOH’S FATE
BULOW PLANTATION RUINS, FLORIDA
AROUND THE WORLD
GODDESS AT THE CROSSROADS • Why a city put its trust in a Greek deity feared throughout the Mediterranean world
Lost City of the Samurai • Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles
Desert Paradise Found • How a tiny, water-rich kingdom came to dominate vital trade routes in the Arabian Gulf 4,000 years ago
A PASSION FOR FRUIT • Exploring the surprisingly rich archaeological record of berries, melons…and more
ROYAL FRUIT
ANCIENT COMFORT FOOD
ORIGINAL GEORGIA PEACHES
THE STRAWBERRY CURE
FUNERAL FRUIT
POISONOUS PICNIC
SNEAKING A SNACK
Peru’s Timeless Threads • More than 1,000 years ago, master weavers kept the ancient traditions of the Moche culture alive
THE MANY FORTRESSES OF ALI PASHA • How a father and son are documenting the architectural legacy of a renegade nineteenth-century warlord
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE of AMERICA
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