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Since its discovery by the British officer Tony Clunn in the late 1980s, the German…

This edited volume is the product of an innovative project, culminating in a multiple-day workshop…

On the south coast of the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a dozen…

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Tantra has inspired striking imagery: heavily armed gods and goddesses committing violent carnage while adorned…

When hotel construction work unearthed extraordinary mosaics, the owners decided to create a new archaeological…

Journeying south from the Serbian Danube presents an opportunity to revel in Roman opulence, as…