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ARCHAEOLOGY

May/June 2022
Magazine

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.

POTTERY’S FAMILY TREE

ARCHAEOLOGY

AN URGENT NEED

FROM OUR READERS

CRADLE OF THE GRAVES • FIRST FALCONER, MESOPOTAMIAN WAR DONKEYS, KOREAN FIRE DRAGON…AND MUCH MORE

TOGETHER FOREVER

CANYON OF THE ANCESTORS

FIRST FALCONER

KUNGA POWER

GOLDEN LUCKY CHARMS

DRAGON FIRE-EATER

MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES

SAVING SEATS

SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, CHILE

AROUND THE WORLD

SECRETS OF SCOTLAND’S VIKING AGE HOARD • A massive cache of Viking silver and Anglo-Saxon heirlooms reveals the complex political landscape of ninth-century Britain

A Golden Bird

Fit for Fighting • The discovery of Mesopotamian-style armor in northwest China offers new insights into a battle-tested ancient technology

The World of Egyptian Demons • Thousands of supernatural beings, including protective cobra spirits and knife-wielding turtles, guarded ancient Egyptians in life and death

TO LIVE AND DIE IN POMPEII • Unearthing the unusual burial of a freedman who gained entrée into the city’s top social ranks

POTTERY’S ORIGIN STORIES • Why did hunter-gatherers make the world’s first pots?

UNCOVERING PYLOS

CALIFORNIA’S COASTAL HOMELANDS • How Native Americans defied Spanish missionaries and preserved their way of life

Photo Credits

ARCHAEOCON 2022: FROM MAYA MURALS TO SHIPWRECKS

ARTIFACT


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Formats

OverDrive Magazine

subjects

Science

Languages

English

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.

POTTERY’S FAMILY TREE

ARCHAEOLOGY

AN URGENT NEED

FROM OUR READERS

CRADLE OF THE GRAVES • FIRST FALCONER, MESOPOTAMIAN WAR DONKEYS, KOREAN FIRE DRAGON…AND MUCH MORE

TOGETHER FOREVER

CANYON OF THE ANCESTORS

FIRST FALCONER

KUNGA POWER

GOLDEN LUCKY CHARMS

DRAGON FIRE-EATER

MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES

SAVING SEATS

SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, CHILE

AROUND THE WORLD

SECRETS OF SCOTLAND’S VIKING AGE HOARD • A massive cache of Viking silver and Anglo-Saxon heirlooms reveals the complex political landscape of ninth-century Britain

A Golden Bird

Fit for Fighting • The discovery of Mesopotamian-style armor in northwest China offers new insights into a battle-tested ancient technology

The World of Egyptian Demons • Thousands of supernatural beings, including protective cobra spirits and knife-wielding turtles, guarded ancient Egyptians in life and death

TO LIVE AND DIE IN POMPEII • Unearthing the unusual burial of a freedman who gained entrée into the city’s top social ranks

POTTERY’S ORIGIN STORIES • Why did hunter-gatherers make the world’s first pots?

UNCOVERING PYLOS

CALIFORNIA’S COASTAL HOMELANDS • How Native Americans defied Spanish missionaries and preserved their way of life

Photo Credits

ARCHAEOCON 2022: FROM MAYA MURALS TO SHIPWRECKS

ARTIFACT


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