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ZIMBABWE

September/October 2015

World Roundup Zimbabwe MapelaZIMBABWE: New investigations at the remote site of Mapela are providing insights into the origins of the Zimbabwe culture, known for its elite stone terrace houses surrounded by dwellings for commoners, most notably seen at the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Mapela, a largely forgotten site, dates to the 11th century and suggests that the culture’s signature class hierarchy and distinctive architecture arose some 200 years earlier than expected. —Samir S. Patel

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Features

Golden House of an Emperor

New York's Original Seaport

Cultural Revival

Letter From England

From the Trenches

Bronze Age Ireland’s Taste in Gold

Off the Grid

A Rare Bird

Atacama’s Decaying Mummies

Bronze Age Traveler

Great Lakes Shipwreck Spotting

Early Parrots in the Southwest

The Red Lady of El Mirón

For the Love of a Noblewoman

Blood on the Ice

Under the Rug

What’s in a Name?

A Place to Hide the Bodies

“T” Marks the Spot

As American as Sliced Bacon in a Can

Surely You Joust?

World Roundup

Maya city zoning, trophy skulls in Bolivia, saving the Spanish Armada, an Indus migration, and Papua New Guinea’s smoked mummies

Artifact

The dragon that guarded Xanadu

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