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Playing with History: What Sid Meier’s Video Game Empire Got Right and Wrong About ‘Civilization’
Twenty-five years ago, Meier turned human history into a video game, and sold 33 million copies along the way. With the launch of Civilization VI, Kanishk Tharoor takes a closer look at its impact.
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Elder on toilet break finds rock shelter, rewrites Aboriginal history
Archaeological evidence found in a rock shelter in the Flinders Ranges reveals Aboriginal Australians settled the arid interior much earlier than previously thought. By Dani Cooper.
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The [“]Genius[”] of Byzantium: Reflections on a Forgotten Empire
Everywhere Western man longs for Constantinople and nowhere has he any idea how to find her. By Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna.
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What Triggered Tsunamis that Demolished Bronze-Age Civilization?
New research suggests that the Bronze Age disaster was caused by the flow of volcanic material into the sea. By Kacey Deamer. (Nov. 8, 2016)
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Top Ancient Sites for Stargazing
From petroglyphs to castles carved into hilltops, explore our night sky through our ancestors at these amazing archaeological sites. By Babak A. Tafreshi.
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America’s ancient cave art
Mysterious drawings, thousands of years old, offer a glimpse of lost Native American cultures and traditions. By John Jeremiah Sullivan. (March, 2011)
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10 Ancient Languages With Unknown Origins
The unnerving truth that our past might be shrouded in a mystery we might never solve... By Robert Giametta.
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Texas Archaeologist Cracks the Code of a 4,500-Year-Old Mural
The White Shaman mural has been silent for millennia — but thanks to the work of archaeologist Carolyn Boyd, it can begin to speak again. By Brad Tyer.
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How the ancient Maya brought sharks to the jungle
Inland Maya communities knew an awful lot about sharks without ever visiting the sea.
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A Journey to the Oldest Cave Paintings in the World
The discovery in a remote part of Indonesia has scholars rethinking the origins of art—and of humanity. By Jo Marchant; Photographs by Justin Mott. (Jan., 2016)
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Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2016
Archaeology’s editors reveal the year’s most compelling finds.
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What Happened to Turkey's Ancient Utopia?
Turkey’s Neolithic city of Çatalhöyük may have been an orderly society built on tolerance and equality — until it fell apart. By Jennifer Hattam.
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An Ancient City Emerges in a Remote Rain Forest
Undisturbed for centuries, the ruins of a city in a barely accessible region of Honduras suggest an ancient apocalypse. By Douglas Preston.
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More than memory
The true purpose of the world’s great prehistoric sites were to act as vast repositories for cultural knowledge, argues Australian oral history researcher Lynne Kelly. Jim Rountree reports.
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Did ISIS inadvertently uncover the secret to the “lost” Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
ISIS destroyed an ancient shrine — and archeologists may have discovered a wonder of the ancient world underneath. By Noah Charney.
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Did a historian from Ecuador find the lost ‘treasure’ of the Incas — in a book?
In 2010, Tamara Estupiñan’s academic research led her to discover forgotten Inca ruins in the heart of Ecuador. For the historian, the Malqui-Machay site represents the final resting place of the last king of the Incas, Atahualpa, but it’s also the subject of a raging academic debate. By Jim Wyss.
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It wasn't just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas
Ordinary people had a voice in some early Mesoamerican societies, though these democracies apparently lasted only 200 to 300 years. By Lizzie Wade.
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Climate Change Incited Wars Among the Classic Maya
A new study of the relationship between climate change and clashes among the Classic Maya explicitly links temperature increases with growing conflicts. By Rossella Lorenzi.
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Angkor Wat’s Collapse From Climate Change Has Lessons for Today
The powerful civilization was hammered into oblivion by drought and floods, underscoring the connections between climate and people. By Stefan Lovgren
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Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?
Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey’s stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization. By Andrew Curry. (Nov. 2008)
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