When Anthropology Meets the Graphic Novel in Thailand
An anthropologist, comic artist, and translator collaborated to bring the complexities of one human story to life in the English translation of The King of Bangkok.
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The Last Wild Lions of Europe
Mounting archaeological evidence is revealing that modern lions may have roamed free in Southeastern Europe—overturning long-held assumptions about art and mythology in the process.
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Head of a Maiden
A poet-anthropologist considers the life of a looted fourth-century B.C. Etruscan maiden.
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Ancient Art Deep in the Southeastern United States
An archaeologist examines the history and diversity of art found in the dark zones of caves across the Southeastern U.S.
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Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery
Archaeologists may finally know the age and true identity of the “Rude Man,” also known as the Cerne Abbas Giant, one of dozens of geoglyphs etched into the British countryside.
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How Museums Can Do More Than Just Repatriate Objects
It is beautiful when museums go beyond returning objects toward “propatriation”—collaborating to commission new objects for display.