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Read more about the article Rapa Nui’s Forgotten Architecture: Beyond the Moai
Hare paenga at Akahanga; these canoe-shaped houses can be identified by the long black basalt slabs with circular holes carved into their tops, and the semi-circle of poro – water-worn stones – that provides a platform outside the door. [Photo: Adam Stanford]

Rapa Nui’s Forgotten Architecture: Beyond the Moai

The Canoe-Shaped Houses and Monumental Archaeology of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Introduction The archaeology of Rapa Nui is dominated by its iconic Easter Island heads, or moai, but these statues…

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Read more about the article The Chancay Tunic: A Textile Map of the Andes
Numerous societies rose at different times and places in the central Andes. Various traditions can be traced from one to another, with human-style figures that took on animal attributes proving to be a popular theme. Here we see an example from 100 BC-AD 650, showing a mythical being who adopted the traits of several animals and was associated with a group known as the Nasca. [Image: 2021 The Trustees of the British Museum]

The Chancay Tunic: A Textile Map of the Andes

The Inca Empire and Its Deep-Rooted Origins Introduction The Inca Empire is often seen as the defining civilization of Peru’s past, but it did not emerge in isolation. Instead, it…

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Read more about the article Palmyra in Stone: Art, Identity, and Roman Rule
A tomb relief showing a man in front of a camel – shown here as a photograph on a sheet from the Ingholt Archive, PS 1016. The relief dates to around the middle of the 2nd century AD. [IMAGE: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, I.N. 2833. Palmyra Portrait Project; Ingholt Archive at Ny Carlsberg Glyptote]

Palmyra in Stone: Art, Identity, and Roman Rule

The Significance of Palmyra’s Funerary Sculptures What can an extraordinary group of sculptures commemorating the dead reveal about ancient life in Palmyra? Thousands of ancient inhabitants’ portraits once adorned lavish…

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The Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. Seeking to understand how this remarkable monument was constructed has long been a source of scholarly fascination. Here we see the west side of the pyramid, with the Western Cemetery, which contained officials and retainers, visible in the foreground. [Image: © Mark Lehner]

Pyramid

Discovering Eye-Witness Accounts of a Legendary Construction Project The Mystery of the Great Pyramid The Great Pyramid, known in ancient times as Akhet Khufu (Horizon of Khufu), remains one of…

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Read more about the article Digging Caesar’s Forum Three thousand years of daily life in Rome
Caesar’s Forum, with the reconstructed columns of the western portico on the left side of the photo, and the high podium with columns belonging to the Temple of Venus Genetrix in the centre. Ongoing excavations on the forum site are revealing new insights into how the heart of Rome developed and changed over thousands of years. [All images: Sovrintendenza Capitolina and The Caesar’s Forum Project, unless otherwise stated]

Digging Caesar’s Forum Three thousand years of daily life in Rome

Fresh Discoveries of Urban Life in Rome Unearthing Rome’s Long History New Danish-Italian excavations in central Rome are revealing traces of urban life spanning nearly three millennia. These digs are…

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Read more about the article The Great Maya Aquifer
An aerial view of the Sacred Cenote in Chichén Itzá. It was connected to the Great Plaza by a causeway. [Image: Chris Millbern]

The Great Maya Aquifer

The Great Maya Aquifer Exploring the Hidden World Beneath the Yucatán Peninsula The Yucatán Peninsula in southeast Mexico is home to an extraordinary network of caves and sinkholes that have…

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