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.
THE MEANING OF HOME
CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN OR WOMAN
FROM OUR READERS
FAIRFIELD’S REBIRTH IN 3-D
OFF THE GRID • INISHARK ISLAND, COUNTY GALWAY, IRELAND
REBURIAL IN LUXOR
MILD BOARS
FOREIGN FUNERAL RITES
THE MAGIC MINERAL
DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON
AFTER THE RAIN
ICE MERCHANTS
THE CHICKEN PEOPLE
HONORING THE ANCESTORS
AHEAD OF HIS TIME
CELTIC TROPHY HEADS
A RIDE TO VALHALLA
INDIA’S TEMPLE ISLAND
WORLD ROUNDUP
Egypt’s Eternal City • Once the most sacred site on the Nile, Heliopolis was all but forgotten until archaeologists returned to save it from disappearing forever
The Obelisks of Heliopolis
A MEMORY OF HOME • A volcanic eruption forced the people of Ecuador’s Jama Valley to abandon their homeland. What brought them back?
BETWEEN TWO EMPIRES • Exploring the extensive remains of a short-lived city that flourished during a turbulent era of ancient Near Eastern history
A Hint from Herodotus
ART AT THE END OF THE ICE AGE • Newly discovered engraved stone tablets are evidence that a prehistoric tradition endured long after it was thought to have vanished
ART OF THE LATE PALEOLITHIC CULTURES IN EUROPE
Sicily’s Lost Theater • Archaeologists resume the search for the home of drama in a majestic Greek sanctuary
ON THE RANGE • Excavations at a ranch in the southern High Plains show how generations of people adapted to an iconic Western landscape
THE YEAR OF TROY
Photo Credits
DISPATCHES FROM THE AIA • EXCAVATE EDUCATE ADVOCATE
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