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Amenhotep III (a granite head from the temple complex is his best extant portrait) was succeeded by his son Akhenaten, who revolutionized Egypt

Rebellious Son

Amenhotep III was succeeded by one of the first known monotheists
November 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

Archaeologists assumed that the great temple had been stripped of all statues

Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple

Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago
October 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

Historians have generally agreed that some settlement referred to in ancient histories as Rhakotis existed centuries before Alexander the Great arrived.

Underwater World

New evidence reveals a city beneath ancient Alexandria
August 01, 2007 | By Megan Gambino

Large-scale excavations are scheduled to begin this summer on a $200-million project for a 150-acre Stabiae archeological park (an artist

Ancient Rome's Forgotten Paradise

Stabiae's seaside villas will soon be resurrected in one of the largest archaeological projects in Europe since World War II
July 01, 2007 | By Dina Modianot-Fox

Archaeologists have modeled Rome in three dimensions, and users can "fly" through the ancient city

Rome Reborn

Archaeologists unveil a 3-D model of the great city circa A.D. 400
July 01, 2007 | By Andrew Curry

Petra

Reconstructing Petra

Two thousand years ago, it was the capital of a powerful trading empire. Now archaeologists are piecing together a more complete picture of Jordan's compelling rock city
June 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

H.L. Hunley

Saving Our Shipwrecks

New technologies are aiding the search for one Civil War submarine, and the conservation of another
June 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

One clue that the Buena Vista site was aligned with the seasons comes from a menacing statue (Ojeda is in the background) that faces the winter solstice sunset.

The New World's Oldest Calendar

Research at a 4,200-year-old temple in Peru yields clues to an ancient people who may have clocked the heavens
May 2007 | By Anne Bolen

The unlikely researcher, George Smith, made one of archaeology

Epic Hero

How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh —after 2,500 years
May 2007 | By David Damrosch

Sphinx in Alexandria harbor

Raising Alexandria

More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded Alexandria, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains
April 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

Artifacts unearthed on Ossabaw Island offer insights into the lives of slaves.

Sea Island Strata

At a former Georgia plantation, archaeologists delve into both the workaday and spiritual lives of slaves.
February 2007 | By Eric Wills

The steamboat Arabia, shown here in a 1991 painting, vanished on Sep. 5, 1856.

Pay Dirt

When self-taught archaeologists dug up an 1850s steamboat, they brought to light a slice of American life
December 2006 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

Numerous colossal statues of the pharaoh

The Queen Who Would Be King

A scheming stepmother or a strong and effective ruler? History's view of the pharaoh Hatshepsut changed over time
September 2006 | By Elizabeth B. Wilson

"I love things that go booom," says Marine Staff Sgt. Steve Mannon, with one of the many Vietnam War-era rounds uncovered at the crash site.

Lost Over Laos

Scientists and soldiers combine forensics and archaeology to search for pilot Bat Masterson, one of 88,000 Americans missing in action from recent wars.
August 2006 | By Robert M. Poole

Modern-day climbers who descend the canyon (such as the author, in blue, and mountaineer Greg Child, on the South Rim) may be stymied by what seems like a dead end, only to find footholds carved by prehistoric residents.

Below the Rim

Humans have roamed the Grand Canyon for more than 8,000 years. But the chasm is only slowly yielding clues to the ancient peoples who lived below the rim
June 2006 | By David Roberts

On Mount Ebal, in the West Bank, archaeologist Adam Zertal (pointing) believes he has found the altar that Joshua built on Moses

Shifting Ground in the Holy Land

Archaeology is casting new light on the Old Testament
May 2006 | By Jennifer Wallace

Copernicus Unearthed

Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of the 16th century astronomer who revolutionized our view of the universe
May 2006 | By Andrew Curry

Amateur scholar Robert Bittlestone

Odyssey's End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca

A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer's wanderer returned
April 2006 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

Secrets of the Range Creek Ranch

Archaeologists cheered when Waldo Wilcox's vast spread was deeded to the state of Utah, believing that it holds keys to a tribe that flourished 1,000 years ago - and then mysteriously vanished.
March 2006 | By Keith Kloor

When Vesuvius erupted on August 24 and 25, A.D. 79, some 2,600 inhabitants perished in Pompeii alone (a plaster cast of a child found under a staircase).

Resurrecting Pompeii

A new exhibition brings the doomed residents of Pompeii and Herculaneum vividly to life
February 2006 | By Doug Stewart


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