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ITALIAN MASTER BUILDERS
A 3,500-year-old ritual pool reflects a little-known culture’s agrarian prowess
Piecing Together Maya Creation Stories
Thousands of mural fragments from the city of San Bartolo illustrate how the Maya envisioned their place in the universe
GHOST TRACKS OF WHITE SANDS
Scientists are uncovering fossilized footprints in the New Mexico desert that show how humans and Ice Age animals shared the landscape
GAUL'S UNIVERSITY TOWN
New excavations have revealed the wealth and prestige of an ancient center of learning
Distant Learning
New immigrant students had the most to gain at Virginia’s Justice High—and the most to lose once the pandemic hit.
Up Rooted
Forests have always migrated to survive. But now they need our help to outrun climate catastrophe.
Delete Your Internet Footprint
With spies lurking everywhere, how can you keep yourself safe? Here are 25 smart steps, from the editor of HowtoGeek.com.
A Chance to Build a More Inclusive Fed
Recent departures increase pressure to appoint more outsiders and minorities
Are Honeybees Dying Off? It Depends On Whom You Ask
Talk to a local beekeeper, and the potential consequences of the decline of the honeybee population are alarming, causing problems for pollination and sending ripple effects through the food supply chain and the entire ecosystem.
SECRET RITES OF SAMOTHRACE
Reimagining the experience of initiation into an ancient Greek mystery cult
LAND OF THE PICTS
New excavations reveal the truth behind the legend of these fearsome northern warriors
The Pursuit of Wellness
How the ancients attended to mind, body, and soul
THE EQUESTRIAN'S CAVE
Recent discoveries in western Mongolia suggest that nomadic horsemen may have invented a revolutionary technology
Digs & Discoveries
Roman marble cutters, anglo-saxon giant, neanderthal hearing… and much more
Who Were The Samaritans?
Investigating a once-powerful sect that has preserved its sacred traditions for millennia
The Would-Be Savior of Patagonia
Are environmental crusaders like Douglas Tompkins good for the planet?
Emmett Till – The Barn
In the Mississippi Delta, an unmarked building sits 100 yards from a gravel road. Sixty-six years ago, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up. Four white men rode in the cab. A 14-year-old child was in the back. His name was Emmett Till.
This Is The End Of Affirmative Action
We have to face the reality that our education system is, and always has been, separate and unequal.
The Legacy of Flight 93
An Army officer remembers his cousin Rich Guadagno and the other 39 heroes who died in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11
12 Underrated Reasons To Love School
Early alarms and pop quizzes aside, the truth is that school *is* actually pretty awesome. Here are 12 reasons why…
Smoke Eaters On The Front Lines
The new era of wildland firefighting is a war with no end in sight.
Estebanico's America
The story of Africans on this continent is longer and more varied than the version I was taught in school.
Trapped At The Bottom Of The Sea
It was supposed to be a routine job for a team of men who repair underwater pipelines. Then one diver’s air-supply cord snapped—when he was 300 feet down.
Young U.S. Jews Shift on Israel
Millennial and Gen Z progressives question American support of Israeli policies, a point of tension for the Democratic Party
Bridging the Endowment Wealth Gap
A new venture fund aims to help HBCUs get in on promising startups
Fighting Fire With Founders
Silicon Valley startups are taking aim at deadly wildfires. But saving lives will require cutting through red tape, fast.
Doing the Work at Work
What are companies desperate for diversity consultants actually buying?
The Room Where It Happened
Derrick Ingramam is still shut inside the hell’s kitchen apartment the police tried to invade.
I Cry for the Mountains
After a wildfire swept through the land where his family raised their cattle for more than a century, a rancher takes a tour of what’s left—and what might come next
Black Land Matters
After a century of dispossession, young Black farmers are restoring their rightful place in American agriculture.