Table of Contents	Volume 55 Number 6, November/December 2002

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Departments In This Issue Egyptian Wonders by Peter A. Young From the President Damming the Past by Nancy C. Wilkie Reviews Wonders of Whaling On Tour with the Ancients A Walk Through the Valley of the Kings Who Burned Rome? Editors' Picks Conversations: Last Word on Kennewick Man? Archaeologist James Chatters' thoughts on the recent Kennewick Man ruling Letter from Peru: Andean Odyssey Scouring the mountains of northern Peru for the source of the remarkable Yauya stela by Richard L. Burger On the Cover: A steatite icon of the Virgin with the baby Jesus, ca. eleventh-twelfth century A.D., from Chersonesos. Photo: Chris Williams, ©2001, ICA

Cover Story Legacies of a Slavic Pompeii In the post-Soviet era, both priests and prehistorians have a stake in the future of a once-resplendent ancient city. by Kristin M. Romey NEWSBRIEFS Summer of Wrecks Archaeologists 2, Footballers 0 Baby Buddhas A Colorful Surprise Recovering Genius Hunters Horse Around Further Reading

Features Tales from Storyville Digging the "Sporting Life" in Old New Orleans by Eric A. Powell Gods of Nemrut Dag Giant stone deities litter a remote Turkish mountaintop. by Jarrett A. Lobell Chronicler of Ice Age Life Author Jean Auel has slept in a snow cave and tanned buckskin in her quest to re-create the Paleolithic world. by Blake Edgar A Long Road Home The remains of a WWII pilot found in the mountains of Papua New Guinea are buried in Arlington National Cemetery. by William Belcher Journey of the Heart A daughter's quest for her father, missing for more than half a century by Patricia Gaffney-Ansel Saga of Cleopatra's Needles A century ago, moving 220-ton obelisks from Alexandria to London and New York was no mean feat. by Bob Brier

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