In This Issue
Tracking the DNA Story
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DNA studies will make great contributions to our understanding of the human
past. By Peter A. Young
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From the President
Intersecting Roman Worlds
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The rise of Christianity must be understood as part of wider, complex cultural and
social developments within the Roman Empire. By Stephen L. Dyson
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Letters
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Lure of the Deep; Mycenaean Jewelry; Morgan Misidentified; The Marsh of Palo
Alto
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Insight
Wonders of Radar Imagery
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Images from space, gathered in 1994 by radar mounted on the space shuttle
Endeavor, are aiding an international team of scholars in their study of
Angkor, Cambodia, and its region, where seven successive capitals of the Khmer
Empire of Southeast Asia date from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. By James
Wiseman
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At the Museums
Faking It
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Third-century B.C. Greek statuettes, gold from a hoard of
Hellenistic jewelry, fifth-century A.D. gilded Sassanian
dishes, and a marble portrait of the Roman general Pompey are among more than
80 pieces to be exhibited at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City,
Missouri. These works would appear to rank among the masterpieces of
the ancient world; in fact, they include some remarkable forgeries, the subject of
Discovery and Deceit: Archaeology and the Forger's Craft. The exhibition
will be at the Nelson-Atkins Museum from October 11, 1996, until January 5,
1997, before traveling to the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in
Atlanta, Georgia, where it will be open from February 8 until May 18, 1997.
Reviewed by Angela M.H. Schuster
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Books
Re-creating the Temple of Athena
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In a series of drawings appearing in two new books, Manolis Korres, the architect
in charge of the Parthenon's restoration, suggests ways of reincorporating stray
pieces of marble using a minimum of new stone. From Pentelicon to the
Parthenon. By Manolis Korres. 128 pages. Athens: Publishing House
Melissa, 1995. Distributed in the United States by the Foundation for Hellenic
Culture, 7 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3402, tel. 212-308-6908.
The Parthenon and its Impact in Modern Times. Edited by Panayotis
Tournikiotis. 365 pages. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. Reviewed by
Spencer P.M. Harrington.
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Multimedia
Digitizing the Ancient Near East
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A number of new CD-ROMs and World Wide Web sites offer information about
biblical and ancient Near Eastern archaeology and history: BibleWorks for
Windows (Hermeneutika, 1995); The Logos Bible Atlas (Logos
Research Systems, 1994); PC Bible Atlas for Windows (Parsons
Technology, 1995); The Dead Sea Scrolls Revealed (Logos Research
Systems, 1994); Pathways Through Jerusalem (Softkey International,
1995); ArchNet: The
World Wide Web Virtual Library for Archaeology; the
Ancient World
Web; the University of Michigan's
Classics and
Mediterranean Archaeology home page; and
ABZU. Reviewed by Neil Asher Silberman.
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Letter From Ontario
A Finite Iroquoian Legacy
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A number of fragile Iroquoian sites near Toronto, the fastest growing city in
Canada, are threatened by developers' bulldozers. By Brian Fagan
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Forum
Classics for the Masses?
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Classical archaeologists must help in the popularization of their field, or advertising
copywriters will do the job for them, leaving scholars talking only with their peers
while fellow citizens embrace noble fragments and colorful caricatures of antiquity.
By Andrew Szegedy-Maszak
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