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archaeology
January 14, 2019
Jo Livingstone
What’s So Controversial About a Medieval Nun’s Teeth?
How an archaeological discovery involving lapis lazuli and an 11th-century skeleton turned into an online drama
March 17, 2016
Magazine
Daniel Estrin
What If an Israeli National Symbol Is a Fake?
The trouble with the Maadana lyre.
December 15, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Scientists say there is no secret Nazi gold train in Poland, ruining two treasure hunters’ dreams of being Indiana Jones.
October 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Between Hobby Lobby and ISIS: The Battle for Iraq's Antiquities
January 30, 2014
Alice Robb
Archaeologists Have Found the Oldest Roman Temple
January 14, 2014
Alice Robb
Why Are We Afraid of Spiders? There Are Two Competing Theories.
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