Travel to the coastal desert of northern Peru, where the Chimú people built the largest city in the Americas 1,000 years ago. Explore the underwater ruins of an ancient resort town that was once a holiday haven for Roman emperors. Learn how a royal official transformed Egypt’s Persian conquerors into proper pharaohs. And journey with us to the mountains of South Africa, where Indigenous people recorded their resistance to European colonizers in their art. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Explore the myriad ways people of the past met the challenges of harnessing the power and possibilities of water. Learn the true identity of two people buried in Germany with hundreds of ritual objects some 9,000 years ago. Travel to a radiant city in southern Spain that Islamic rulers built to reflect their place in the medieval world. And journey with us to the remote Faroe Islands, where researchers have found evidence of habitation hundreds of years before Vikings are thought to have reached the archipelago’s shores. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

This issue features our annual Top 10 Discoveries of the Year, including a virtual peek inside an Egyptian pharaoh’s mummy, the world’s oldest straws, and a shipwreck found 10,000 feet underwater off the coast of Antarctica. In the rest of the issue, you will learn how Maya queens ascended the ranks in the high-stakes world of Mesoamerican politics. Take a journey to the ancient Greek city of Abdera, whose citizens built a monument to their allies across the Aegean who assisted them in a time of dire need. And travel with us to the plains of southern Wyoming, where a chance discovery led archaeologists to a unique 13,000-year-old mammoth hunting camp. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Learn about the world’s first named author, a priestess whose poems helped create the Akkadian Empire 4,000 years ago. Explore the medieval abbeys founded by entrepreneurial monks who transformed the landscape of northern England. Follow the annual migration of monarch butterflies to the forests of central Mexico, an event that ancient Mesoamerican people may have viewed as a sacred remembrance of fallen warriors. Take a peek behind a “false door” that Egyptians believed was a portal to the afterlife. And journey with us to islands off the coast of western Australia, where archaeologists are recovering evidence of a 17th-century shipwreck and the grisly events that befell its survivors. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Learn about the legacy left behind by King Tutankhamun’s family, whose ambitious building projects and revolutionary religious ideas forever changed the face of Egypt. Explore the wreck of a 19th-century whaling ship that was crewed by a diverse group of New Englanders. Follow archaeologists as they unearth evidence of Berlin’s medieval origins beneath the modern city. And journey with us to Saudi Arabia, where herders built mysterious tombs that marked vital pathways across the desert some 5,000 years ago. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Travel across Egypt’s Eastern Desert with the ancient workers who helped build the Great Pyramid 4,500 years ago. Explore the hidden traces of the 1893 World’s Fair beneath the streets and parks of Chicago. Learn how new discoveries are helping archaeologists to reconsider the origins and history of the Philistines, the infamous nemeses of the ancient Israelites. And journey with us to 16th-century Mexico, where an unusual democratic society flourished in the face of Aztec imperialism. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Learn how a massive trove of Viking silver and Anglo-Saxon heirlooms is giving researchers a glimpse into the shifting political landscape of 9th-century Britain. Investigate the unusual burial of a prominent freedman in a previously unexplored cemetery outside Pompeii’s walls. Explore the world of Egyptian demons, supernatural beings who protected—and tormented—people in both life and death. And travel with us to the coast of California, where archaeologists are uncovering how Native Americans preserved their ancient traditions in the face of Spanish colonization. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Learn how the emperor Constantine fashioned his triumphal arch to reflect his vision of Rome’s past and future. Follow researchers as they mine the ruins of Notre Dame for evidence of the famous cathedral’s medieval origins that have only recently come to light in the aftermath of the devastating 2019 fire. Explore the reign of Babylon’s eccentric last king, Nabonidus, who may have been a savvier politician than previously thought. And dive with us into the North Sea, where archaeologists are exploring a lost world submerged 8,000 years ago. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

This issue features our annual Top 10 Discoveries of the Year, including 23,000-year-old evidence of humans in North America, a rare Roman boundary marker, and one of the largest ancient Egyptian cities ever unearthed. In the rest of the issue, learn about the innovative techniques researchers from around the world are using to reveal how ancient artists painted mummy portraits in Roman Egypt. Explore the art of Chinese calligraphy through the early career of one of its masters. And travel with us to the Galapagos Islands, where archaeologists are uncovering the forgotten human history of the remote archipelago famous for its natural wonders. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Explore the last ancient Egyptian temples on the Nile island of Philae, where Nubians gave new life to a vanishing religious tradition. Visit a 3,500-year-old pool in northern Italy that an industrious people built to celebrate their agricultural bounty. Travel with us to New Mexico’s White Sands National Park, where scientists have uncovered fossilized footprints that show how Ice Age humans and megafauna interacted more than 10,000 years ago. And learn about the complicated history being unearthed at a coastal castle in Ghana. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Follow in the footsteps of ancient pilgrims who sailed from across the Greek world to a remote Aegean island to be initiated into a mystery cult’s secret rites. Visit the coast of southern Florida to discover how the creative Calusa people built an island capital and forged a mighty empire. Learn how people of the past attended to their minds, bodies, and souls. And journey to the far reaches of northern Britain, where a resilient tribe known as the Picts resisted Roman invasion. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Explore a thriving merchant city in Syria whose rise and fall more than 3,000 years ago was recorded on thousands of cuneiform tablets. Relax in an unexpected garden refuge in Pompeii adorned with paintings that transport you to the ancient Nile. Travel with us to the South Pacific to discover how a dynasty of chiefs united the islands of Tonga into a state that endured for nearly a millennium. And visit a remote Alaskan island where evidence of a World War II battle between American and Japanese forces remains frozen in time. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Visit the 11,000-year-old stone circles of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, which may have been built by Ice Age hunters seeking to preserve their vanishing way of life. Learn how taxpayers throughout history bankrolled rulers and sustained growing empires. Journey to the coast of Iceland, where archaeologists have found evidence that Viking settlers arrived on the island earlier than previously thought. And travel with us to an ancient Greek fortress that loomed over the contested borderland between the rival city-states of Athens and Thebes. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Visit a bustling settlement in the Arabian Desert where a spice trading power reigned some 2,500 years ago. Explore a mountain cabin outside San Diego that has given archaeologists a glimpse into the real life of the charismatic Nathan Harrison, a formerly enslaved man who became the area’s first African American homesteader and a California legend at the turn of the 20th century. Travel with us to the ruined city of Reccopolis in central Spain, where the Visigoths established their kingdom’s new capital in the wake of the Western Roman Empire’s final collapse. And journey to the dense highland forests of Peru and learn how archaeologists are using drone-mounted lasers to map the evolution of an ancient citadel. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

This issue features our annual Top 10 Discoveries of the Year, including dozens of painted sarcophagi from Egypt’s vast cemetery at Saqqara, a groundbreaking technique for radiocarbon dating pottery, and an underground shrine dedicated to Rome’s mythical founder. We’ve also scoured our archives to bring you more extraordinary finds, from which we have selected the Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade. In the rest of the issue, travel with us to Germany, where a 4,000-year-old ringed sanctuary reveals continental Europe’s surprising connections to Stonehenge. And follow in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia through the sands of Jordan as archaeologists uncover traces of a bitter World War I–era guerilla conflict. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

See how Old Kingdom pharaohs saved Egypt from financial collapse and reshaped the balance of power following their predecessors’ costly construction of the pyramids at Giza. Journey to the Peruvian coast, where for 1,000 years the Paracas people wove colorful textiles for their ancestors. Travel with us to medieval Mongolia to learn how a nomadic dynasty controlled rival nomads by building a 450-mile wall. And read about a luxury purple dye industry on Israel’s Mediterranean coast that thrived for millennia. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Explore how decades of excavation in the deserts of northern Sudan have revealed the stunning remains of a cosmopolitan royal capital built by a mix of indigenous African cultures. Journey with the ancestors of the Apache and Navajo as they cross 1,500 miles from Subarctic Canada to the American Southwest to settle in the land where their identity was formed. Travel with us to South Africa to learn about the seventeenth-century roots of that complex modern nation. And discover the surprising history of the island of Alcatraz before it became home to the infamous prison we know from the movies. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

See how the status-conscious Maya used clothes, jewelry, and body modification to communicate their position in society, be they king, queen, ballplayer, or captive. Journey to faraway Tajikistan where, from the fifth to the eighth century A.D., a forgotten people known as the Sogdians were the merchant princes of Central Asia. Travel with us back to the early middle ages and to Constantinople and explore the newest discoveries in Hagia Sophia, Byzantium’s greatest cathedral. And read about how, even after more than 75 years, the full impact of D-Day on the French landscape is still being unearthed. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Visit Camp Nelson, a Civil War training ground that not only provided enslaved black men with the opportunity to enlist in the Union Army and attain their freedom, but also was home to thousands of refugee women and children who sought liberation with them. Journey to Wyoming to explore the Wind River Range and follow archaeologists as they discover dozens of settlements, some as much as 4,000 years old, at an altitude long thought inhospitable for long-term human occupation. Travel with us to Morocco and to a thriving town on the edge of the Sahara Desert where merchants traded gold, spices, and ideas for centuries. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

Journey to ancient Peru to explore the power of a dangerous deep-sea tradition and how it endured for millennia, travel with us to medieval Ireland to experience an exciting search for the Gaelic kings and their castles, learn about the ancient god Seth, the protector of travelers in Egypt’s far western desert, and follow underwater archaeologists using the latest technology to map the United States’ first peacetime nuclear test at Bikini Atol. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

This issue features our always-popular list of the “Top 10 Discoveries of the Year.” 2019 was an incredible year filled with amazing finds from all across the world, including a vibrantly painted 4,300-year-old Egyptian tomb, a pair of Chinese silver dragons, and a new room in the Roman emperor Nero’s famous Golden House.

Travel with us to the deserts of Iraq and to the long-lost temple to the Sumerian warrior god, experience the lives of prisoners condemned to Ireland’s most notorious prison, and learn about the earliest origins of Japan. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

“Searching for the Witches’ Tower” recounts the hunt for evidence of a notorious seventeenth-century witches’ coven. Archaeologists excavating at a site in rural Lancashire, England, have uncovered remnants of a dwelling that may once have been home to four people condemned during the 1612 Pendle witch trials. What they have found so far may help determine whether this family practiced malevolent magic, or were caught up in a moment of hysteria. 

Travel with us to the famous city of Petra in Jordan, explore the deep caves of the American South, and learn how to bake bread like an ancient Egyptian. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

The Griffin Warrior’s grave is of the most extraordinary discoveries from the ancient world to have been made in decades. In “World of the Griffin Warrior,” we cover the excavation of this remarkable Bronze Age Greek burial, which contains more than 2,000 artifacts—from gilded bronze weapons to heavy gold rings, and from decorated ivory combs to the most exquisitely detailed carved seal stones, all created more than 3,500 years ago.

Travel with us to the remote mountains of western Afghanistan and the summer capital of the short-lived, but immensely powerful Ghurid Empire, which once ruled a stretch of land from Iran to India. Read about the recent discovery of Clotilda, the last ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. And journey to Antarctica to see how seal hunters lived on a remote island 300 years ago. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Our special feature “Digging Deeper into Pompeii’s Past” brings you an update on all the fascinating new work going on in the ancient city, including new discoveries in a neighborhood that has never been excavated. Journey with us to the shores of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia where the priests of the ancient Tiwanaku empire performed elaborate rituals in order to control the people they ruled. Immerse yourself in the debate between two leading archaeologists over when a group of Native Americans populated the Great Basin. And learn how what we eat affects how we speak. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Read our special feature “Mapping the Past,” which brings you the stories of nine of the most fascinating maps to survive from the ancient world. Journey to the island of Lindisfarne where medieval England’s most powerful monks resisted the Vikings. Learn about how two archaeologists are gathering new information about Stonehenge using clues from four enigmatic Neolithic artifacts. Travel to the Dead Sea and follow as an intrepid Jewish community survives and thrives on the shores of the world’s deepest lake. And learn how to play an ancient game called Moche badminton which was once part of the bloodiest of ancient Peruvian ceremonies—but which turns out to be a great deal of fun!  In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Read about how a team of Egyptian and German archaeologists are racing against time to uncover the remains of Heliopolis, once Egypt’s most sacred holy site. Follow the history of the U-Lazy-S Ranch, a massive spread on Texas’ southern High Plains where evidence of the region’s history—Native Americans to ranchers to cowboys—has recently been found. Watch the quest of an Italian archaeologist to uncover Agrigento’s lost ancient theater. Discover the story behind the legacy of Ice Age art and see how new finds are changing scholars’ minds about an entire period of human history. Witness how 3-D printing is helping archaeologists reconstruct information about the past in a way that was never possible, visit an abandoned island off Galway, and learn about how the ancient Greeks used a seemingly magic mineral. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Read our always-popular “Top 10 Discoveries” of the year where you will learn about the most exciting and important finds of 2018. Journey to the southern coast of England to answer the question “Was there a real King Arthur?” Learn about the work of an intrepid archaeologist as she explores the cesspits and sewers of medieval Holland to see whether it was, in fact, the foul-smelling city of the Victorian imagination. Follow the trail of a collection of looted antiquities from Iraq to London—the unbelievable story of what Metropolitan Police and British Museum curators sleuthed out about these 4,000-year-old objects will amaze you. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Watch as new sites appear from beneath the parched ground of England and Ireland during this past summer’s heat wave—and then are gone. Follow the trail of the Crusaders from Europe to the Middle East, and see how they lived in splendor in the Holy Land. 

Learn about an ancient Chinese people who worshipped the white tiger as a symbol of their magnificent culture. Discover the true story behind the Caribbean’s first pirates. And read about the Modoc Indians and their war with the U.S. Government, ancient Roman whaling techniques, and a World War I prisoner’s secret passion. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

The story of archaeology is often about what happens when vastly different cultures meet. In this issue, you will read about what happened when a group of merchants came to Egypt at the invitation of the pharaoh. These people, known as the Hyksos, eventually ruled over all of Egypt for about 100 years, changing the course of Egyptian history. You will also learn what transpired when two very different cultures—the Inuit and Basques—met each other on the shores of southeastern Canada in the 17th century and how their surprising interactions left their mark on the landscape. Follow the path of a ship that sailed from the heart of the Byzantine Empire carrying an unusual cargo of marble objects intended to decorate a church, visit an 18th-century English coffeeshop where people mostly drank tea, and marvel at the incredible discovery of fragments of ancient Mesoamerican sacred texts  found hidden in the pages of a 17th-century manuscript. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Even some of the world’s most famous buildings and cities have amazing new stories to tell. In this issue you will read about the surprising discovery of a treasure trove of artifacts from 700 years of Westminster Abbey’s history. You will learn of a massive cemetery in Athens where both conspirators and commoners were buried. You will be surprised by how the Maya of northern Guatemala may have been inspired by the pattern on the back of a crocodile to build the first Maya gridded city and by how the island nation of Haiti was once ruled by a charismatic king who built a splendid palace. And you will reflect reflect as you learn the final count of USS Indianapolis’ fallen heroes. Don’t miss the latest news, from the discovery of the only pair of Roman boxing gloves ever discovered to a samurai’s hoard of  260,000 bronze coins. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

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