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Arthur John Evans, Archeologist: The First Man to Decipher Minoan Linear Script

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By: Lynda Osborne

The Temples and Churches of Roman Sbeitla: Pagan and Christian Religious Architecture in a Roman Town, Tunisia

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Dougga, Tunisia: A Roman Municipum of North Africa

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Oldest Fossil Discovered? Possible missing link found in Ethiopian desert raises questions.

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By: Marci Sanchez

Celts in the Balkans: Celtic Kingdom in Thrace

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By: Rumyana Mokanova

The History of Palmyra, Syria: The Rise and Fall of a Roman and Seleucid City

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Ancient Art of the Etruscans: The Social and Cultural Influences on Etruscan Art

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Etruscan Fiesole: A Hill Town of the Etruscans in Tuscany, Italy

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The History of the Etruscans: The Rise and Fall of a Pre Roman Italian Culture

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Greco Roman City of Apamea, Syria: A Syrian City of the Roman Empire

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Chumash of California: Southern California’s Foremost Prehistoric People

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By: Rebecca Morris

Sutton Hoo and the Staffordshire Hoard: Anglo Saxon Archaeology in Britain

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Bush Barrow, Wiltshire: A Bronze Age Tumulus at Stonehenge

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Theatre of Sabratha, Libya: A Roman Theatre in North Africa

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Byzantine Christianity in Sabratha: Early Christian Churches and Cemeteries in Roman North Africa

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Roman Forum of Sabratha: Civic Roman Architecture in a Roman North African City

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Fishbourne Roman Palace: A Palatial Roman-British Villa

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Sabratha, Libya: An Ancient Roman City of Libyan Tripolitania

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Silbury Hill: An Ancient Monument of Neolithic Britain

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Petroglyphs to Pictographs: The History of the Book

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By: Nicole Silvester

The Vindolanda Tablets: Roman Writing about Life on Hadrian’s Wall

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Roman Shipwrecks of Ventotene, Italy: Ancient Shipwrecks and Roman Trade

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Linear A and Linear B Script: The Ancient Writing of Minoan Crete

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Frescos of Knossos, Crete: Important Fresco Paintings from Palace of Knossos

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Ancient Minoan Frescoes: Painting Techniques and Types of Fresco Design in Minoan Art

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Lost Roman City of Altinium: Venice’s Roman History and Origins

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Weeden Island Culture: Florida's Preeminent Prehistoric Artists

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By: Rebecca Morris

The Red-Paint People: A Unique Culture in Archaic North America

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By: Rebecca Morris

Minoan Religion: How the Ancient Gods of Crete were Worshipped by the Minoans

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Geophysical Surveying in Archaeology: Electrical Resistivity and Magnetometer Surveying

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By: John Izzard

Minoan Deities and their Sacred Places: The Ancient Gods and Sanctuaries of Minoan Crete

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Minoans on Crete: The People and Society of Minoan Crete

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Market Place, Leptis Magna: Remains of a Roman Food Market in North Africa

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Archaeology of Leptis Magna: The History of an Important City in Roman Tripolitania

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

London History at the Olympic Games Site: Discoveries on the Rapidly Developing Site of the 2012 Games

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By: John Reynolds

Early Celtic Art: The Phases and Styles of Pre Roman Celtic Artwork

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Archaeological Survey in Texas: How Cultural Resources Management is Conducted in the State

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By: Jeremy Mangum

The La Tene Period: The Pinnacle of Celtic Iron Age Culture

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Thomas Jefferson's Bones: The Father of American Archaeology and his Fossils

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By: Holly Beth Anderle

Archaeology and the Celts: The Origin and Development of Celtic Culture

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Chemistry in Archaeology: The Importance of Carbon and Strontium to Archaeologists

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By: Alison Diefenderfer

The Halstatt Period: The Earliest Period of Iron Age Celtic Culture

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Northwest European Bog Bodies: How These People Were Preserved for All Time

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By: Maureen Zieber

Housesteads Roman Fort, Northumbria: The History and Archaeology of a Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Gods of the Roman Domestic Cult: Who were the Roman’s Household Gods?

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Roman Slavery in Urban and Rural Pompeii: Archaeological Evidence for the Lives of Roman Slaves

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

How Did the Rosetta Stone Help Egyptologists? Read How Champollion Translated Ancient Egyptian Hieraglyphs

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By: Christine Fadhley

The Archaeology of Domestic Roman Slavery: The Conditions of Servitude for Roman Household Slaves

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Excavation of Tintagel: Does Archaeology Prove that Tintagel was Linked to King Arthur?

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Climate, Extinction, and Mesoamerica: The Rise of Agriculture in Mesoamerica

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By: Alex Graham-Heggie

Ascension of the K'uhul Ajaw: Archaeology on the Origins of Maya Holy Lords

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By: Alex Graham-Heggie

The History of Herculaneum: Herculaneum’s Destruction, Rediscovery and Excavation

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Archaeology of Herculaneum: Houses, Streets, Entertainment and People in Roman Herculaneum

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Classic Maya at War: Interpretations of Maya Culture Regarding Warfare

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By: Alex Graham-Heggie

Gladiator Fights and Wild Beast Hunts: Archaeological Evidence for the Roman Games in Pompeii

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Gladiators of Pompeii: Archaeological Evidence for the Lives of Pompeian Gladiators

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Lost Egyptian Tomb Found by Archaologists: Amenhotep, Seal Bearer to Tuthmoses III Rediscovered in Luxor

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By: Christine Fadhley

Studying Animal Bones at Archaeological Sites: Zooarchaeology, Faunal Analysis, and Archaeozoology

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By: Alison Diefenderfer

Archaeology and the Myth of Mithras: How Reliefs and Frescos Preserve Stories and Myths of Mithraism

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Scienctific Archaeology under Threat at UPenn: Museum Applied Science Center to Close

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By: Robyn Gillam

Sergius Paulus: Proconsul of Cyprus

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By: Helena Petridou

The Archaeology of Angkor Wat: Cambodian World Heritage Site Still Has Secrets to Uncover

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By: Paris Franz

Seahenge: The Discovery and Excavation of a Bronze Age Mystery

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Radiocarbon Dating: How Archaeologists date prehistoric sites

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By: Ian Arthur Colquhoun

Life Expectancy in Prehistory: How long did our Prehistoric Ancestors live?

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By: Ian Arthur Colquhoun

The Raising of the Mary Rose: The Recovery and Preservation of Henry VIII’s Favourite Ship

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Underwater Archaeology: Discovering and Excavating Underwater Archaeological Remains

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Archaeological Excavation Techniques: Methods of Digging Archaeological Sites

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Archaeological Fieldwork: How Archaeological Sites are Investigated

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Human Remains in Pompeii: How the Bodies of Pompeii’s Inhabitants were Preserved

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

New Discoveries at Stonehenge: A Burial Site at Neolithic Stonehenge

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By: Ian Arthur Colquhoun

Cup and Ring Markings: Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain and Ireland

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By: Ian Arthur Colquhoun

Human Bone Analysis: What Can Archaeologists Discover from Human Skeletons?

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Origins of Alphabet: Was Ugarit the Birthplace of the World's First Alphabet?

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Volunteer on an Archaeological Dig: Help Excavate the Past on Your Vacation

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By: T. Regula

Gods and Temples in Ugarit: Which Gods were Worshipped in Ancient Ugarit?

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Ugarit: The World's First International Port

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Tophet of Carthage: Site of Human Sacrifice to Baal and Tanit or a Children’s Graveyard?

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Beaker People: Cultural and Social Change during the European Bronze Age

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Ancient Roman Gardens: Flowers, Trees and Design in the Roman Garden

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

The Archaeology of Sounion: Exploring the Buildings and History of an Ancient Greek Sanctuary

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Plan of the Roman Patrician Domus: How Public and Private Space Was Defined in Elite Roman Townhouses.

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By: Feature Writer Natasha Sheldon

Types of Archaeology: From the Bible to Under the Sea

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By: Michelle Anderson

The Viking-Maya Connection: Did The Vikings Ever Sail to Latin America?

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By: Vickie Britton

Do Pterodactyls Still Live Today? Modern Sightings: Do Flying Lizards Still Haunt the Skies?

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By: Juliette Riitters

Archaeology's allies: Does public interest in archaeology get in the way of the work

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By: John Stuart Reynolds

Petroglyphs at China Lake, CA: Petroglyphs, or pecked images in rock, of the Native Americans in CA

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By: Gail Bellenger

Oracle at Delphi: The Sacred Site of Apollo.

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By: Gail Bellenger

Chichen Itza: The Mayan City of Chichen Itza

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By: Gail Bellenger

Roman Coliseum: The Flavian Amphitheater of Rome

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By: Gail Bellenger

Easter Island: The Mysterious Rapa Nui

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By: Gail Bellenger

Abydos: Egypt's City of Osiris

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By: Gail Bellenger

Teotihuacan, An Aztec City: City of the Aztecs

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By: Gail Bellenger

Machu Pichu: The Mountain City of the Incas

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By: Gail Bellenger

Deir el-Medina: Town of the Tomb Builders and Craftsmen

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By: Gail Bellenger

KV 64, Another Tomb in the Valley? There's another discovery in the Valley of the Kings.

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By: Gail Bellenger

Hatshepsut's Temple

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By: Gail Bellenger

Karnak Temple Complex

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By: Gail Bellenger

KV5-Sons of Rameses II

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By: Gail Bellenger

New Tomb Discovery-KV63

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By: Gail Bellenger

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