In this issue: Read about an ancient Egyptian city dedicated to the god of the sun and explore the Chinese immigrant experience in America. Discover new evidence of the fearsome Comanche and of the art of magic in ancient Rome. And see how the surprising remains of Philadelphia\'s history are being uncovered. 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.

It can be hard to imagine that there are still cultures of the ancient world which are nearly unknown, but in this issue of Archaeology magazine you will learn about the Tartessians, a mysterious culture that thrived in southwestern Spain more than 2,5000 years ago. So little is known about the Tartessians that even archaeologists find it hard to understand some of their most dramatic events, including the ritual sacrifice of dozens of precious horses. We also bring your the story of a 17th-century ship that sank off the island of Texel in the Netherlands at the height of the Golden Age of European trade, carrying with it to the bottom of the sea an extraordinary cargo of luxury goods including silk stockings and velvet handbags. Sometimes, it is clear, that the people of the ancient world were much more resourceful than we might believe, and in this issue you will read about an extraordinary group of settlers who successfully cultivated Israel’s Negev Desert for hundreds of years in the Byzantine period, and about what may have changed when the Muslims took over the region. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

The Vikings have a fearsome reputation as invaders and warriors, but in this issue we share the surprising story of what happened in England when the fighting was over and they finally settled down. We also bring you a promise of the coming spring with our special feature on the history of gardens. In this luxuriously illustrated section, you will learn how gardens have been a vital part of the human experience since antiquity, and how their different functions--from leisure to food to comfort in the afterlife--reflect our deep need to cultivate the world around us. You also will read about how scientists are using the latest scanning techniques alongside the study of ancient toolmaking technology to understand how our brains may have evolved.  And don’t miss the latest  news, from the discovery of the oldest piece of pottery from Puritan Boston to the work of scientists trying to document all the archaeological sites in Afghanistan before it is too late. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

This issue brings you one of our most popular features—the Top 10 archaeological discoveries of the year. 2017’s list includes new finds at the world’s oldest temple, Egypt’s oldest hieroglyphs, and the identification of the wreck of USS Indianapolis. The other articles in the issue take you to destinations across the globe from an ancient hospital at the famous site of Angkor Thom in Cambodia, to the birthplace of the powerful god Zeus high atop a mountain in the region of Greece called Arcadia. Read about how Ice Age hunters braved the harsh landscape to hunt caribou, and  follow as we travel across Albania, tracing its history from the ancient world to the modern day. And don’t miss the latest archaeological news, from the discovery of a king’s palace in Rwanda, to the story of sunken bronze statues at the bottom of the Adriatic Sea. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Most people have heard of the Rosetta Stone and know it was the key to reading ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics—but in this issue you can learn what the hieroglyphics actually say and and about the turbulent late Egyptian world they reveal. Explore Texas' White Shaman Cave with archaeologists studying the the rock shelter’s extraordinary murals to understand what the paintings might say about Native American mythology. Examine the story of marooned Russian sailors stranded off an Alaskan island after the sinking of Neva, one of the most celebrated ships in Russian history. Follow the latest discoveries, from ancient Etruscan beekeepers to a frozen Arctic ice maiden. And don’t miss the story of how researchers are recovering DNA from just the tiny bits of erasers used to conserve medieval manuscripts. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past
to life.

Read how an archaeologist’s journeys to some of the world’s most extreme environments are helping us to understand the genetic adaptations that have made it possible for human beings to live at high altitude. Explore the latest discoveries of extraordinary mural paintings at Pañamarca, one of the most important religious centers for the fascinating ancient Peruvian culture known as the Moche. Watch as a team of conservators unwrap an Egyptian mummy shroud that had been lost in museum storage since World War II and follow as they learn about how burial customs changed after the age of the pharaohs came to an end. See how the history of the Spanish Civil War is being brought to light through the work of a pioneering archaeologist determined to explore this often painful past. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

A simple rock shelter deep in the Australian outback is revealing the story of the continent’s earliest human arrivals. In the territories once known as Canaan, archaeologists are uncovering evidence of the three-centuries long Egyptian occupation there, and the fiery insurrection that ended it. The surprising discovery of a monumental temple in the Peruvian Amazon reveals its role as vital cultural center with ties to the most significant ancient cities in the Andes. A unique settlement in southwestern England is challenging archaeologists’ views about how Iron Age peoples lived some 2,000 years ago. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Learn how the development of the alphabet and the invention of vowels changed the world. Travel the length of Hadrian’s Wall and see how the ancient Romans defended their vast empire. Explore a cave in Iceland where Viking outlaws once hid. Follow along as archaeologists reveal the 47 surprises hidden inside an ancient Egyptian crocodile mummy. See how ancient Maya kings spoke to the rain gods. And read about archaeology’s latest discoveries, including ongoing search for the Dead Sea Scrolls.  In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.


Visit an ancient church cemetery in France that was used for hundreds of years and which shows the connection people have to place in life—and death. Read about America’s First Revolution (it’s not the one you think). Discover an underground settlement in Turkey’s extraordinary Cappadocia region and imagine how people might have lived and worshipped there for centuries. Learn about an eccentric 19th-century entrepreneur and his grand ideas for turning Philadelphia’s glassworks into his own industrial empire. And travel to Greece to see how archaeologists have pieced together evidence of a well-planned city that is more than four thousand years old which is now hidden under the sea.  In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past

Share the editors’ choices for the Top 10 Discoveries of the Year. Remember the events of Pearl Harbor and discover how underwater archaeologists are adding to our knowledge of that fateful day. Read about how researchers have unearthed an entire Bronze Age village in England that may have been burned to the ground by an ancient arsonist. Travel to Sweden to learn about how the Vikings made their fortunes—and it’s not the way you might think. Explore how the science of proteins is helping archaeologists understand the relationships between modern humans and Neanderthals. And don’t miss the chance to visit the remote Plain of Jars northern Laos, one of the world’s most mysterious archaeological sites. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.


Just in time for Halloween, see what archaeologists are discovering at an ancient site in Ireland about the origins of one of the world's most beloved holidays. Visit the dry, rocky islands of Malta and Gozo and their unique ritual complexes to learn what Europe's most sophisticated Neolithic civilization thought about this life, and the afterlife. Discover at a sprawling, ancient South Korean palace compound, the role of art in securing the royal hold on its people's minds and hearts. And learn of work at a World War I site in France that is allowing fallen soldiers to finally receive their long-delayed military honors. Compelling narratives and stunning photography await you in the pages of the latest issue of Archaeology — the magazine that brings the past to life.

See how archaeologists are uncovering a spectacular Roman seaside villa 30 feet under the town square of modern Positano. Learn how one scholar is challenging everything we thought we knew about one of the ancient Greek world’s most famous temples using an innovative mix of old and new technology. Read about the fate of CSS Georgia, the Confederacy’s less-than-ironclad ironclad. Explore the unseen world of microbes that live in and on our bodies, and follow as dozens of researchers employ pioneering investigations into the human microbiome to answer previously unanswerable questions about ancient health, diet, and migration. And discover the story behind the origins of Robin Hood. Through stunning photography and compelling narratives in these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Dive deep with archaeologists searching for shipwrecks in the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean. Read about the discovery of a spectacular Scythian golden burial that may be the key to understanding a dramatic ancient ritual. Learn how scientists are trying to answer the question of what happened when Neanderthals bred with other hominins by studying both ancient and modern DNA. Discover the ways in which the ancient Egyptians who lived in the shadows of the Great Pyramid cared for their children, even in death. Spend some time with Shakespeare in the manor house in which he wrote some of his greatest works. Through stunning photography and compelling narratives in these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

Learn about the remarkable civilizations that created the world’s oldest writing. Sail across the Mediterranean with the Phoenicians—the ancient world’s most accomplished traders. Read the story about the unusual way that archaeologists think the Inca people of ancient Peru paid their taxes. Watch as conservators clean and repair more than a dozen Roman statutes, bringing a cherished myth to life after 2,000 years. Follow as the Muscogee Indians keep their ancient traditions alive in the face of the pressures of the modern world. And find out just how old the world’s oldest dress is. Through stunning photography and compelling narratives in these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.

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