In This Issue
From the President
Insight Rethinking the "Halls of Hades" by James Wiseman
Multimedia Alexander's Epic March by Eugene N. Borza
At the Museums Playground for the Human Spirit by Ellen Herscher
Books Yahoos in Arabia by Neil Asher Silberman
Forum Alas, Poor Ramses by Dale M. Brown
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Newsbriefs
Mirrors to Japanese History,
Statue Snatched from the Sea,
Twilight of the Clans,
First Mariners,
Ancient Cityscape,
Thessaloniki Brothel,
Remapping Angkor,
Cahokia Surprise,
Gold Goes Home,
Iceman Returns to Italy,
Copán Tomb Looted,
Ghoulish Boutique
LIFE AND DEATH IN A MAYA WAR ZONE Within a Yucatán pyramid lie the grim traces of a violent change in rulership--the remains of a slaughtered royal family. by Charles Suhler and David Freidel
THE BURNING OF HAZOR The charred ruins of a Late Bronze Age palace may yield the historical truth behind the biblical account of the conquest of the Promised Land. by Abraham Rabinovich and Neil Asher Silberman
CASE OF THE GOLDEN PHIALE How a million-dollar bowl, spirited out of Italy, ended up in a packing case at U.S. Customs by Andrew L. Slayman
ITALY FIGHTS BACK Aggressive efforts to staunch the flow of stolen antiquities
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