Table of Contents	Volume 57 Number 4, July/August 2004

The full texts of newsbriefs, reviews, and selected longer articles are available online; abstracts of other departments and features are also available.

Features Does Greece Need the Olympics? Yes--and a tour of Athens will show you why. by Jarrett A. Lobell The War Within the War In southern Iraq specialized troops pursue armed looters by Micah Garen Guns of Sandy Hook How America caught up with world powers on the Jersey shore by Helen Chernikoff Elusive Libraries of Timbuktu Scholars seek West Africa's medieval past in the city's little-known manuscripts by Alex Ulam Decoding the Megaliths A young scholar searches for the meaning of Malta's ancient temples by Mark Rose Flashpoint Ayodhya Did Hindu hard-liners recruit archaeologists to rewrite history? by Kristin M. Romey

Departments In This Issue Pride and Prejudice by Peter A. Young From the President The Silver Screen What to believe, what not to believe by Jane C. Waldbaum Newsbriefs Acropolis Museum Back on Track Full-Frontal Pharaoh and More Man's Best Friends Now Playing Sofia Profoundly Important Panel Ancient Bengali Broadway Playing with Fire Confederates in The Citadel Conversations Bigfoot Exposed!  David Daegling specializes in early hominids, but he has also turned his scientist's eye on Bigfoot. Reviews Art of the Maya Uppercrust Road Scholars The Verdant Past Battlefield U.K. Prehistory of Death Editors' Picks Letter from Colorado Anasazi in the Backyard Controversy dogs America's first archaeological subdivision. by Andrew Curry

On the Cover: A view of the Acropolis from Athens' Temple of Olympian Zeus. Greece has put its ancient heritage in the spotlight as Athens gears up to host the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad this summer. (Photograph by Thalassini Douma/Landov)

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