Table of Contents	Volume 55 Number 5, September/October 2002

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Departments In This Issue Unholy Wars by Peter A. Young From the President Muddy Waters by Nancy C. Wilkie Reviews Egyptian Roadshows Zeugma Revisited Tales from the Deep Disaster Memorial Archaeo-Blog Molecule Sleuth Editors' Picks Conversations: Master of the Sphinx A reluctant student, Zahi Hawass is now Egypt's archaeological ambassador. American Scene: Cherokee Holy of Holies Archaeology as a peacemaker in a dispute over Native American Heritage by Andrew Curry On the Cover: Roman mosaic representing one of the four seasons, from the Villa Buc Ammera, east of Lepcis. Photo: Art Directors and Trip

Cover Story To the Shores of Tripoli Remarkably preserved Roman cities, lavish mosaics, and an absence of pestering trinket-mongers make Libya a compelling destination for archaeology buffs. by Louis Werner NEWSBRIEFS Skulls Make Headlines A Palaeolithic Work of Art Banished Bats Another Surprise near Cahokia Unrest in the Mundo Maya Gaulish Discovery Fiery Finds Britannia Rules... Dog Burial Down Under Buddha Gets a Makeover Mammoth Banquet

Features Legacy of the Crusades The ruins of castles on hillsides throughout the Middle East are mute reminders of a bloody chapter in medieval history. by Sandra Scham Mexico's Wonder Plant Scholars seek clues to the Prehispanic importance of the hearty maguey in Oaxaca's southern highlands. by Gary M. Feinman, Linda M. Nicholas, and Helen R. Haines A Painted Land The rock canvasses of Australia's Aboriginal artists celebrate the beliefs of a people steeped in ancestor worship. by Margaret Grove Digging Napoleon's Dead A mass grave in Lithuania is gruesome evidence of the catastrophic French retreat from Moscow. by Jarrett A. Lobell Woman the Toolmaker A day in the life of an Ethiopian woman who scrapes hides the old-fashioned way by Steven A. Brandt and Kathryn Weedman The Other Pyramids A tour of ancient Nubia where clusters of steep, topless "tombstones" punctuate a remote desert landscape by Bob Brier

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