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In 1946 or 1947, a Bedouin goatherd found a number of ancient texts in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea and the ruins of the town of Qumran in the West Bank.
3 min |
May/June 2017
Archaeology
The Third Reich's Arctic Outpost
In 1943, the German navy constructed a secret base on the island of Alexandra Land in the Arctic Ocean.
1 min |
May/June 2017
Archaeology
One + One = Forty-Nine
A Crocodile Mummy’s Many Surprises.
3 min |
May/June 2017
Archaeology
Children of Giza
Finds from a cemetery near the pyramids are illuminating the Egyptian view of youth and the afterlife.
3 min |
July/August 2016
Archaeology
Top 10 Discoveries of 2015
Archaeology’s editors reveal the year’s most compelling finds.
10+ min |
January/February 2016
Archaeology
Angkor Thom's Divine Medicine
An extensive 12th-century hospital network is being revealed in Cambodia.
6 min |
January/February 2018
Archaeology
The First Australians
The story of the continent’s earliest human arrivals is being revealed at a rock shelter in remote and challenging territory
10 min |
July/August 2017
Archaeology
The City At The Beginning Of The World
The only Maya city with an urban grid may embody an ancient creation myth
10+ min |
July/August 2018
Archaeology
Haiti's Royal Past
An early 19th-century palace is a reminder of the ambitious monarchy that rose from the ashes of the Haitian Revolution
10+ min |
July/August 2018
Archaeology
Paradise Changed
An ancient Peruvian city stood at the crossroads of technologies
3 min |
July/August 2018
Archaeology
A Night Out In Leicestershire
A Night Out In Leicestershire
1 min |
May/June 2018
Archaeology
Exploring A Prehistoric Borderland
Hunter-gatherers in northern Europe withstood the spread of agriculture for 1,500 years
9 min |