Table of Contents	Volume 54 Number 6, November/December 2001

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Departments In This Issue Man's Inhumanity to Man by Peter A. Young From the President Pharaoh on the Stand by Nancy C. Wilkie Reviews Face Time with Cleopatra Alaska's "Valley of the Kings" From Apes to Zinj Mesoamerica's National Pastime Ur's Answer to Elvis Editors' Picks Letter from Israel Who controls Jerusalem's holiest shrine? by Sandra Scham Forum In Praise of Small Museum by Christine Finn On the Cover: A detail from a first-century A.D. wall painting of a banquet from Herculaneum. Photograph by Scala/Art Resource

Cover Story When Gluttony Ruled! Bones recovered from a Roman villa attest an age of culinary hedonism. by Deborah Ruscillo Savoring the Grape For Romans, wine was the elixir of life, from cradle to grave. by Stuart J. Fleming Features Ice Man Paul Mayewski reads the story of the Earth and its inhabitants in strands of frozen water. by Steve Nadis Fire Fight at Hembrillo Basin Buffalo Soldiers hold their ground in a nighttime skirmish with the Apache. by Karl W. Laumbach Legacy in Stone Sardinia's ubiquitous towers recall a time of fortified farmsteads. by Robert H. Tykot Swahili Ghost Town The ruins of an East African city testify to the fusion of African and Arab influences that gave rise to a sophisticated indigenous culture. by David West Reynolds Ham Hocks on Your Cornflakes Examining the role of food in African-American identity by Mark Warner NEWSBRIEFS Nurturing Neandertals Archaeologists On Call Sherlock Holmes Canino Quality Cargo All That Glitters... This Dung's For You Early Arctic Adventurers Gold Rush Wreck Beach Party A.D. 503 Summer Sacrifice The Acquisitive Curator Towering Temple Okie Patrimony Boyhood Home Royal Tomb Robbery Cold Hard Cache

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