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In this issue

Travel to a sprawling city where a mighty samurai family flourished amid medieval Japan’s power struggles. Discover why an ancient city embraced a Greek goddess feared elsewhere in the Mediterranean world as their patron deity. Bite into the surprisingly rich archaeological history of fruit across the globe. And follow father and son archaeologists as they document what remains of once-imposing fortresses in Albania that were built by a renegade Ottoman warlord. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

THE CAT AND THE FAT

During the 19th Dynasty (ca. 1295–1186 B.c.), the village of Deir el-Medina, on the Nile’s west bank in Upper, or southern, Egypt, was home to a community of civil servants and artisans who built and decorated the royal tombs in the nearby Valley of the Kings.

2 mins

THE KING'S THRONE

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot-long linen cloth crafted in the eleventh century, depicts scenes from William the Conqueror’s invasion of England and his defeat of Harold Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king, at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. (See “Unfolding the Bayeux Tapestry,” January/February 2021.)

1 mins

BYZANTINE BOOMTOWN

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have unearthed parts of a Roman and Byzantine settlement just outside the modern city of Kiryat Gat.

1 mins

MAKING HISTORY

Native American oral history and archaeological data alike suggest that farmers in parts of North America began abandoning major settlements such as Mesa Verde in Colorado and Cahokia in Illinois sometime after 1150.

1 mins

STICKING TO THE RAPTOR DIET

The diet of British birds of prey in the distant past was very different from that of their descendants.

1 mins

HERO WORSHIP

A bronze knife handle discovered in the 1990s in the northern English town of Corbridge depicting a left-handed gladiator has offered insight into fandom in the ancient Roman world.

1 mins

PHARAOH'S FATE

Extensive remnants of one of the temples commissioned by the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (reigned ca. 1473-1458 B.c.) have been discovered in the town of Deir el-Bahari on the west bank of the Nile.

1 mins

BULOW PLANTATION RUINS, FLORIDA

Seventy-five miles northeast of Disney World, a tangled forest of palms, pines, and mossy oaks nearly reclaims the charred remnants of Bulow Plantation and the hulking ruins of its massive steam-powered sugar mill.

2 mins

GODDESS AT THE CROSSROADS

Why a city put its trust in a Greek deity feared throughout the mediterranean

10+ mins

Lost City of the Samurai

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan's brutal power struggles

10+ mins

Desert Paradise Found

How a tiny, water-rich kingdom came to dominate vital trade routes in the Arabian Gulf 4,000 years ago

10+ mins

A PASSION FOR FRUIT

Exploring the surprisingly rich archaeological record of berries, melons...and more

8 mins

Peru's Timeless Threads

More than 1,000 years ago, master weavers kept the ancient traditions of the Moche culture alive

6 mins

THE MANY FORTRESSES OF ALI PASHA

How a father and son are documenting the architectural legacy of a renegade nineteenth-century warlord

10+ mins

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE of AMERICA

The cultural heritage of world communities and their ancestral landscapes, historic monuments, museums, and physical artifacts are increasingly vulnerable as a result of global climate change.

1 mins

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Archaeology Magazine Description:

Publisher: Archaeological-Institute-of-America

Category: Culture

Language: English

Frequency: Bi-Monthly

Each issue of Archaeology offers the grit, and the magic, of archaeological discovery with an up-close view of sites around the world. Readers can look forward to the latest news, vivid storytelling, and compelling photography. Archaeology brings the human past to life.