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In this issue

Explore the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and discover what visitors to these marvelous monuments may have gazed upon. Travel to the towering peaks of Venezuela’s Canaima National Park, which inspired people to create a new rock art tradition thousands of years ago. Follow archaeologists as they investigate Celtic sanctuaries across Burgundy. And journey to the Mongolian steppe, where a nomadic empire constructed a sprawling city in the eighth century A.D. that surpassed Genghis Khan’s capital. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of ARCHAEOLOGY brings the past to life.

IN HIS MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE

The relationship between archaeology and espionage is close. During the twentieth century, for example, both Britain and the United States recruited archaeologists working in some of the world's most sensitive locales as spies. Beginning in 1911, T. E. Lawrence excavated the Hittite site of Carchemish on the Euphrates River, from where he could keep an eye on the Germans, who were constructing a railway supply line between Baghdad and Berlin.

2 mins

CANINE COUTURE

A decorated bag used to carry something particular, or for a special occasion such as a night on the town, is often used to signal wealth and status.

1 mins

ANCIENT LOOK BOOK

A young woman buried in China's Tarim Basin some 2,000 years ago went to the afterlife accompanied by the height of fashion.

1 mins

FOSSIL FORCE

One of the planet's most successful arthropods, trilobites, abounded in the oceans from about 520 million to 250 million years ago.

1 mins

THE EGYPTIAN SEQUENCE

Until now, the earliest Egyptians to have even part of their DNA sequenced were three people who lived between 787 and 544 B.C.

1 mins

SOURCE MATERIAL

As early as 40,000 years ago, some hunter-gatherers in southern Africa ventured long distances to procure special types of stone to make their tools.

1 mins

A FAMILIAR FACE

In the early eleventh century, a landslide on the island of Ostrów Lednicki in western Poland caused a hillfort to collapse and slip to the bottom of Lake Lednica.

1 mins

BIGHORN MEDICINE WHEEL, WYOMING

Perched almost 9,700 feet above sea level on Medicine Mountain in Wyoming's Bighorn Range, the Medicine Wheel is an 80-foot-diameter circular structure made from limestone boulders.

2 mins

Secrets of the Seven Wonders

How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments

10+ mins

ACTS OF FAITH

Evidence emerges of the day in 1562 when an infamous Spanish cleric tried to destroy Maya religion

10+ mins

Temples to Tradition

A looted cache of bronzes compels archaeologists to explore Celtic sanctuaries across Burgundy

10+ mins

OASIS MAKERS OF ARABIA

Researchers are just beginning to understand how people thrived in the desert of Oman some 5,000 years ago

8 mins

SEARCHING FOR VENEZUELA'S UNDISCOVERED ARTISTS

Inspired by their otherworldly landscape, ancient people created a new rock art tradition

9 mins

BUILDING THE BLACK CITY

Why the nomads of the Uighur Empire constructed a medieval urban center like no other

10+ mins

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Archaeology Magazine Description:

Publisher: Archaeological-Institute-of-America

Category: Culture

Language: English

Frequency: Bi-Monthly

Each issue of Archaeology offers the grit, and the magic, of archaeological discovery with an up-close view of sites around the world. Readers can look forward to the latest news, vivid storytelling, and compelling photography. Archaeology brings the human past to life.