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Phoenician Colonists Traveled with the Scents of Home

Off the Grid September/October 2025

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Photo by Ilana Herzig

Digs & Discoveries July/August 2012

Italian archaeologists have uncovered evidence of smuggling between North Africa and Italy on a third-century a.d. shipwreck off the west coast of Sicily. The most complete Roman ship ever found, the 52-by-16-foot merchant vessel was carrying amphorae filled with walnuts, figs, olives, wine, oil, and fish sauce from Tunisia to Rome when it sank.

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Features January 1, 2011

Rewriting one of the ancient world's most dramatic battlefield accounts

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Features July/August 2025

Why did a Renaissance duke fill his wooded park with gargantuan stone sculptures?

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Courtesy Cosimo Monteleone, Rachele Bernardello, and Paolo Borin