Features
Faking Biblical History What happens when you try to mobilize archaeology--at any cost--to prove the Bible "true"?
by Neil Asher Silberman and Yuval Goren
Cloak & Trowel The romantic image of archaeologist as adventurer fuels much of the speculation linking archaeology with espionage. A look at the facts behind the fiction
by David Price
Solstice at the Stones For the quarter million druids, wiccans, and heathens that live in the United Kingdom today, sites like Stonehenge are sacred ground.
by Eric A. Powell
Extreme Sport Once the blood sport of Maya kings and Aztec warriors, ulama lives on in the dusty playing fields of western Mexico.
by Colleen P. Popson | |
Spirited Explorer Katherine Routledge, intellectual adventurer and Quaker spiritualist, raced against time to save the living history of Easter Island
by Jo Anne Van Tilburg
Further Reading
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Departments
In This Issue Dangerous Deceptions by Peter A. Young
From the President Basement Archaeology by Jane C. Waldbaum
Newsbriefs
Special Report: Europe's First Mummies Surprising evidence that ancient Britons also preserved their dead
by David Keys
Conversations: Secrets of the Seeds Lee Ann Newsom, recipient of a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," talks about her fascination with ancient plant remains.
Reviews
Letter From East Timor: Timor's Safe Havens How caves shaped the history of the world's newest nation
by Karen J. Coates
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