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Fire In The Fens
Archaeology

Fire In The Fens

A short-lived settlement provides an unparalleled view of bronze age life in eastern england.

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10+ mins  |
January/February 2017
Digging Up Digital Music
Archaeology

Digging Up Digital Music

Archaeologists think of stone tools in terms of “technologies”—the particular ways that they were made and used—that help us understand the cultures that produced them. Today we have our own technologies, but they come and go at a vastly different pace. Their life spans are measured not in thousands of years, but in months and even days. To modern digital technology, 65 years is an eon.

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3 mins  |
March/April 2017
Hidden From View
Archaeology

Hidden From View

One of Cappadocia’s underground cities may yet yield clues about its history.

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4 mins  |
March/April 2017
The Blackener's Cave
Archaeology

The Blackener's Cave

Viking Age outlaws, taboo, and ritual in Iceland’s lava fields. 

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10+ mins  |
May/June 2017
After The Battle
Archaeology

After The Battle

The defeat of a Scottish army at the 1650 Battle of Dunbar was just the beginning of an epic ordeal for the survivors.

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10 mins  |
May/June 2017
Conquistador Contagion
Archaeology

Conquistador Contagion

Conquistador Contagion

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3 mins  |
May/June 2018
Rites of the Scythians
Archaeology

Rites of the Scythians

Spectacular new discoveries from the Caucasus set the stage for a dramatic hilltop ritual.

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10+ mins  |
July/August 2016
Timelines
Archaeology

Timelines

Tracking when humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans crossed paths—and what became of their offspring.

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7 mins  |
July/August 2016
Franklin's Last Voyage
Archaeology

Franklin's Last Voyage

After 170 years and countless searches, archaeologists have discovered a famed wreck in the frigid Arctic.

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10+ mins  |
July/August 2016
Vietnam's First City
Archaeology

Vietnam's First City

At the site of Co Loa, researchers are examining the foundations of power in Southeast Asia.

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10+ mins  |
July/August 2016
Romans On The Bay Of Naples
Archaeology

Romans On The Bay Of Naples

A spectacular villa under Positano sees the light.

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3 mins  |
September/October 2016
Westminster Abbey's Hidden History
Archaeology

Westminster Abbey's Hidden History

Far above the royal pomp and circumstance, archaeologists unexpectedly discover seven centuries of England’s past

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4 mins  |
July/August 2018
Archaeology

An Etruscan Family Story

Surprising evidence of daily life and of one of Rome’s greatest conflicts is found in a wealthy residence in Tuscany

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5 mins  |
July/August 2018
Kings Of Cooperation
Archaeology

Kings Of Cooperation

The Olmec city of Tres Zapotes may have owed its longevity to a new form of government.

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10 mins  |
March/April 2017
The Alchemist's Tale
Archaeology

The Alchemist's Tale

Long regarded as a charlatan’s game, alchemy is now taking its proper place in the history of science.

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8 mins  |
January/February 2016
Saving Nero's Fabled Pleasure Palace
Archaeology

Saving Nero's Fabled Pleasure Palace

How archaeologists are saving Nero's fabled pleasure palace.

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9 mins  |
September/October 2015
Ka-Ching!
Archaeology

Ka-Ching!

Ka-Ching!

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3 mins  |
July/August 2017
While You Are Waiting
Archaeology

While You Are Waiting

While You Are Waiting

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1 min  |
July/August 2017
Late Paleolithic Masterpieces
Archaeology

Late Paleolithic Masterpieces

Late Paleolithic Masterpieces

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1 min  |
July/August 2017
A Residence Fit For A President
Archaeology

A Residence Fit For A President

New evidence revises a long-held belief about James Monroe’s home

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7 mins  |
July/August 2017
The Secrets Of Sabotage
Archaeology

The Secrets Of Sabotage

One of history’s greatest “what ifs” is the question of what would have happened had the Germans been able to develop nuclear weapons during the Second World War.

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3 mins  |
January/February 2018
Evolution Of A Town
Archaeology

Evolution Of A Town

The beginnings of a Roman settlement in southern Gaul

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4 mins  |
November/December 2017
The Rulers Of Foreign Lands
Archaeology

The Rulers Of Foreign Lands

Was a new regional power, once thought of as a bloodthirsty invading force, actually a catalyst for ancient Egypt’s most prosperous era?

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10+ mins  |
September/October 2018
A Local Institution
Archaeology

A Local Institution

The cellar of an 18th-century coffeehouse has been unearthed in Cambridge, revealing a dynamic social venue

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5 mins  |
September/October 2018
When The Inuit Met The Basques
Archaeology

When The Inuit Met The Basques

A site in southeastern Canada bears evidence of surprising 17th-century interactions between peoples from disparate parts of the world

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10+ mins  |
September/October 2018
Shipping Stone
Archaeology

Shipping Stone

A wreck off the Sicilian coast offers a rare look into the world of Byzantine commerce

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9 mins  |
September/October 2018
samhain revival
archaeology

samhain revival

looking for the roots of halloween in ireland’s boyne valley.

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10 mins  |
november/december 2016
korea's half moon palace
archaeology

korea's half moon palace

an unexpected source begins to tell the story of a long-forgotten ancient asian royal residence. 

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4 mins  |
november/december 2016
a last day, reclaimed
archaeology

a last day, reclaimed

called the great war in its day for its unparalleled scope and bloodshed, world war i still has stories to tell of both violence and humanity.

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10+ mins  |
november/december 2016
the temple builders of malta
archaeology

the temple builders of malta

how an isolated island culture became europe’s most sophisticated neolithic civilization.

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10+ mins  |
november/december 2016