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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WORLD OF THE GRIFFIN WARRIOR • A single grave and its extraordinary contents are changing the way archaeologists view two great ancient Greek cultures
MINARET IN THE MOUNTAINS • Excavations near a 12th-century tower reveal the summer capital of a forgotten Islamic empire
A River Runs Through It • The twists and turns of a medieval English city’s history emerge from an artifact-rich riverbed
Piecing Together a God’s Journey • By tracking a Mesoamerican sculpture’s lengthy voyage from Mexico to Denmark, researchers discover its true identity
THE ANTARCTIC HUNT • How late 18th- and 19th-century seal hunters survived on the harsh island landscape of South Georgia
The Fur of the Sea Bear
EXPLORING THE GREAT WARPATH • Evidence from forts, hospitals, and taverns in upstate New York is illuminating the lives of thousands of British soldiers during the French and Indian War
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