ARCHAEOLOGY magazine offers readers incisive reporting, vivid storytelling, compelling photography - and the latest news from around the globe - all devoted to exploring the world’s ancient past. Whether reporting from a dive on an Arctic shipwreck, trekking through Afghanistan, or digging just beneath Beirut, ARCHAEOLOGY’s editors and writers bring readers the science, and the magic, of archaeological discovery.
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DIGS & DISCOVERIES • PERUVIAN SEAWEED SNACKS, MEDIEVAL TOILET MISHAP, MANATEE WATCH…AND MUCH MORE
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THE MUSIC OF TIME • Tuning in to the sounds of the ancient world
A CHANGE IN FASHION • Hoards of lavish gold and silver neck rings buried on an English hill reflect dramatic social change
CULTIVATING FIELDS OF STONE • Peru’s ancient farmers used intricate rock maps to plan for the future
WHERE WAS ANCIENT EGYPT BORN? • Archaeologists are reimagining a time before the first pharaohs
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2,000 YEARS UNDER THE SEA • The story of Greece’s famed Antikythera wreck is finally being revealed
A WAR BETWEEN FRIENDS • How IRA volunteers survived the Irish Civil War in a secret mountain hideout
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