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MOUSE IN THE HOUSE

Mice may have begun infesting European homes at least 2,500 years earlier than previously known.

INSIDE THE ROCK'S SURPRISING HISTORY

Before it was an infamous prison, Fort Alcatraz played a key role defending the West Coast

CLOSING IN ON A PHARAOH'S TOMB

Archaeologists excavating in the Egyptian royal necropolis of Deir el-Bahari, on the west bank of the Nile, believe they have found the long-sought location of the tomb of the early 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose II (r. ca. 1492–1479 b.c.).

A Sylk Road Renaissance

Excavations in Tajikistan have unveiled a city of merchant princes that flourished from the fifth to the eighth century A.D.

LETTER FROM NORMANDY: THE LEGACY OF THE LONGEST DAY

More than 75 years after D-Day, the Allied invasion’s impact on the French landscape is still not fully understood

Idol of the Painted Temple

On Peru’s central coast, an ornately carved totem was venerated across centuries of upheaval and conquest

THE EMPEROR OF STONES

In the language of the Vikings, Old Norse, rök means “monolith,” and no other runestone stands out from its peers in more ways than Sweden’s Rök.

HAGIA SOPHIA'S HIDDEN HISTORY

Unprecedented fieldwork in Istanbul has revealed new evidence of the cathedral at the heart of the Byzantine Empire

THE POWER OF SECRET SOCIETIES

Clandestine groups throughout history have used shadowy rituals to control the world around them

A Path To Freedom

At a Union Army camp in Kentucky, enslaved men, women, and children struggled for their lives and fought to be free

Weapons of the Ancient World

How people of the past developed arms to master the challenges of their time

THE KING'S CANAL

Rock reliefs in Iraqi Kurdistan show how Assyrian farmers toiled under the royal gaze

VILLAGES IN THE SKY

High in the Rockies, archaeologists have discovered evidence of mountain life 4,000 years ago

SPLENDOR AT THE EDGE OF THE SAHARA

Excavations of a bustling medieval city tell the tale of a powerful Berber dynasty

MEGASITES OF UKRAINE

Massive 6,000-year-old settlements are revolutionizing how archaeologists understand ancient cities

Farm to Emperor's Table

Excavations reveal the inner workings of an ancient Roman imperial estate

Life In The City Of The Gods

Inside the neighborhoods of Teotihuacan, Mesoamerica’s first great metropolis

Magical Beasts Of Babylon

How the Ishtar Gate safeguarded the Mesopotamian world

Artists Of The Dark Zone

Deciphering Cherokee ritual imagery deep in the caves of the American South

Searching For The Witches' Tower

Archaeologists hunt for evidence of a 17th-century English family accused of witchcraft

Saving Nero's Fabled Pleasure Palace

How archaeologists are saving Nero's fabled pleasure palace.

The Rulers Of Foreign Lands

Was a new regional power, once thought of as a bloodthirsty invading force, actually a catalyst for ancient Egypt’s most prosperous era?

The Alchemist's Tale

Long regarded as a charlatan’s game, alchemy is now taking its proper place in the history of science.

Rites of the Scythians

Spectacular new discoveries from the Caucasus set the stage for a dramatic hilltop ritual.

Franklin's Last Voyage

After 170 years and countless searches, archaeologists have discovered a famed wreck in the frigid Arctic.

Vietnam's First City

At the site of Co Loa, researchers are examining the foundations of power in Southeast Asia.

The Secrets Of Sabotage

One of history’s greatest “what ifs” is the question of what would have happened had the Germans been able to develop nuclear weapons during the Second World War.

Evolution Of A Town

The beginnings of a Roman settlement in southern Gaul

Romans On The Bay Of Naples

A spectacular villa under Positano sees the light.

A Local Institution

The cellar of an 18th-century coffeehouse has been unearthed in Cambridge, revealing a dynamic social venue