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How to Save the Taj Mahal?
A debate rages over preserving the awe-inspiring, 350-year-old monument that now shows signs of distress from pollution and shoddy repairs
The Beer Archaeologist
By analyzing ancient pottery, Patrick McGovern is resurrecting the libations that fueled civilization
Samuel Morse's Reversal of Fortune
It wasn't until after he failed as an artist that Morse revolutionized communications by inventing the telegraph
Diving for the Secrets of the Battle of the Atlantic
Off the coast of North Carolina lie dozens of shipwrecks, remainders of a forgotten theater of World War II
January 18, 2012
| By Jim Morrison
Two thousand years before Picasso, artists in Egypt painted some of the most arresting portraits in the history of art
February 2012
| By Smithsonian Magazine
What is it about Roman concrete that keeps the Pantheon and the Colosseum still standing?
November 16, 2011
| By Erin Wayman
Following years of haggling over its provenance, a celebrated statue once identified as Aphrodite, has returned to Italy
November 2011
| By Ralph Frammolino
The Incas were masters of their harsh climate, archaeologists are finding—and the ancient civilization has a lot to teach us today
September 07, 2011
| By Cynthia Graber
A debate rages over preserving the awe-inspiring, 350-year-old monument that now shows signs of distress from pollution and shoddy repairs
September 2011
| By Jeffrey Bartholet
Removed as minister of antiquities, the high profile archaeologist no longer holds the keys to 5,000 years of Egyptian history
July 18, 2011
| By Andrew Lawler
By analyzing ancient pottery, Patrick McGovern is resurrecting the libations that fueled civilization
August 2011
| By Abigail Tucker
Now overgrown by jungle, the ancient site was once the thriving capital of the Maya civilization
May 2011
| By Chip Brown
As Israeli archaeologists recover artifacts from the religious site, ancient history inflames modern-day political tensions
April 2011
| By Joshua Hammer
Cannons. Gold dust. Turtle bones. For archaeologists researching the notorious pirate's flagship, every clue is priceless
March 2011
| By Abigail Tucker
A German archaeologist has finally deciphered the Roman amphitheater's amazing underground labyrinth
January 2011
| By Tom Mueller
The lumbering beasts coexisted with the first humans for tens of thousands of years and then died off. Why?
December 2010
| By Andrew Curry
To better understand the ancient Roman world, one archaeologist looks at the graffiti, love notes and poetry alike, left behind by Pompeians
July 27, 2010
| By Kristin Ohlson
Excavations of villas where Roman emperors escaped the office are giving archaeologists new insights into the imperial way of life
June 2010
| By Paul Bennett
In Pennsylvania, amateur archaeologists unearth a mass grave of immigrant railroad workers who disappeared in 1832
April 2010
| By Abigail Tucker
Loot valued at $20 million lies off the coast of Staten Island, and Ken Hayes is on the hunt for the sunken silver bullion
March 05, 2010
| By Christopher Solomon
After decades of research, American archaeologist Mark Lehner has some answers about the mysteries of the Egyptian colossus
February 2010
| By Evan Hadingham
Sevilla la Nueva, the first European settlement in Jamaica, is home to the bittersweet story of the beginning of the Caribbean sugar trade
January 12, 2010
| By Heather Pringle
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