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.

THE PEOPLE WE MEET

ARCHAEOLOGY

LOOKING FORWARD

FROM OUR READERS

A CHALLENGING WORLD • MEDIEVAL KOSHER DIET, ROMAN RIVER PORT, CHINESE TOMB OF MIRRORS…AND MUCH MORE

THE SPIDER’S ON THE WALL

MIRROR, MIRROR

RETURN TO SENDER

THE COPPER STANDARD

RED CARPET TREATMENT

BUDDHIST RETREAT

TUBMAN’S TRAINING GROUND

ANCHORS AWEIGH

IN THE ANATOLIAN ARENA

LOST EGYPTIAN CITY

LAWS OF THE LAND

BATHING AT THE BAR

ZAKROS, GREECE

AROUND THE WORLD

The Ugarit Archives • Thousands of cuneiform tablets written in a distinctive script tell the dramatic story of a Bronze Age merchant city in Syria

WOMEN IN UGARIT

A POEM FOR UGARIT

RISE OF THE KINGS OF TONGA • By combining excavation and oral history, archaeologists are discovering how a dynasty of chiefs united a Polynesian archipelago

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MAYA AMBASSADOR • A grand monument and a humble burial chronicle the changing fortunes of a career diplomat

POMPEII’S URBAN OASIS • Newly restored frescoes reveal an unexpected garden refuge

REDISCOVERING ARCHAIC AMERICA • The surprising history of eastern North America’s early hunter-gatherers

THE COLD WINDS OF WAR • A little-known World War II campaign in the Aleutian Islands left behind an undisturbed battlefield strewn with weapons and materiel

Photo Credits

UNCOVERING PYLOS

VIRTUAL ARCHAEOCON A HUGE SUCCESS • “Dispatches from the AIA” highlights the programs, resources, and services that the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) provides each year for members, nonmembers, professional archaeologists, students, and anyone interested in archaeology.

BEYOND ARCHAEOCON: AIA’S PUBLIC PROGRAMS • ArchaeoCon is just one of the many programs that we organize to bring the world of archaeology to the public. Other recent initiatives include:

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