ARCHAEOLOGY

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.

CONFLICTING FORCES

ARCHAEOLOGY

DIGGING FOR THE FUTURE

Archaeological Institute of America

CREATE YOUR LEGACY • WITH THE AIA & THE CHARLES ELIOT NORTON SOCIETY

FROM OUR READERS

DIGS & DISCOVERIES • ROMAN MARBLE SUNKEN CARGO, OLDEST SADDLE, EARLIEST PIZZA?… AND MUCH MORE

LAPAKAHI VILLAGE, HAWAII

AROUND THE WORLD

UKRAINE’S LOST CAPITAL • In 1708, Peter the Great destroyed Baturyn, a bastion of Cossack independence and culture

MAZEPA’S AFTERLIFE

When Lions Were King • Across the ancient world, people adopted the big cats as sacred symbols of power and protection

Secrets of Egypt’s Golden Boy • CT scans offer researchers a virtual look deep inside a mummy’s coffin

RITES OF REBELLION • Archaeologists unearth evidence of a 500-year-old resistance movement high in the Andes

BRONZE AGE POWER PLAYERS • How Hittite kings forged diplomatic ties with a shadowy Greek city-state

ORIGINS OF THE ILIAD

DIGGING ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE VOLCANO • Survivors of the infamous disaster rebuilt their lives on the ashes of the a.d. 79 eruption

AIA NEWS • Updates from the Archaeological Institute of America

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