Table of Contents	Volume 50 Number 6, November/December 1997

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In This Issue From the President Letters Insight The Post-Roman World By James Wiseman Newsbriefs Saxon Helmet Restored, Ancient European Hearth, Masada Martyrs?, Nimrud Reliefs for Sale, Providence Prison, Florida Treasure Hunters Fined, Pyramid Closes, Mediterranean Wrecks, Athens' Road of Heroes THE NEW POMPEII Excavations beneath the A.D. 79 level illuminate the history of the famous Roman resort. By Andrew L. Slayman PICKING UP THE PIECES Saving Pompeii's decaying walls before it is too late By Andrew L. Slayman DISCOVERING THE OCCIDENTE West Mexico's sophisticated shaft tomb people are suddenly getting the attention they deserve. By Robert B. Pickering

The New Pompeii   Discovering the Occidente   Traders of the Ecudorian Littoral

TRADERS OF THE ECUADORIAN LITTORAL Striking parallels in dress and artifacts suggest that strong economic ties existed between Ecuador and West Mexico more than 1,500 years ago. By Patricia Rieff Anawalt LAST OF THE "FOREIGN DEVILS" Sir Aurel Stein's fourth foray into China was a humiliating faliure. Who conspired to undermine the expedition and why? By Shareen Blair Brysac Books LEGACY OF DUNHUANG By James O. Caswell LETTER FROM GREECE DEVELOPMENT JUGGERNAUT By Nikos Axarlis At the Museums RE-CREATING NEANDERTHALS By Paul G. Bahn Multimedia PERSEUS II By Harrison Eiteljorg, II Forum GIFT OF THE NILE By Dale Mackenzie Brown

Photos, from top: Pompeii's Imperial Cult Building (Giovanni Lattanzi); musician figurine from West Mexican tomb (Courtesy Denver Museum of Natural History); clay figurine from shaft tomb in West Mexico (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

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