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Features
Treasures of Tanis
Royal riches discovered during World War II rival those of Tutankhamun, but remain virtually unknown
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The Devil in the Details
What are Brazilian war clubs and Pacific seashells doing in 400-year-old engravings of Florida Indians?
by Jerald T. Milanich
Neolithic France
In a tomb undisturbed for 6,000 years, archaeologists encounter an unexpected world
by Jennifer Pinkowski
Turtle Dives Again
Re-creating George Washington's revolutionary submarine
by Tom Gidwitz
The Dead of Snake Hill
A man's search for his grandfather sparks an unusually moving excavation along the New Jersey Turnpike
by Kristin M. Romey
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Departments
In This Issue
Written in the Bones
by Peter A. Young
From the President
Helping Hand for China 
Stemming the looting of sites by cutting off a major market
by Jane C. Waldbaum
News
Focus on Iran, drug smugglers threaten Piedras Negras, ancient skeletons in a Welsh closet, a bevy of brothels, Germany's Neandertal-chimp scandal, and much more
Conversations
Return of Gilgamesh
Translator Stephen Mitchell on his new adaptation of the world's oldest page turner
Reviews
Tut crosses the pond, web surfing Chaco Canyon, Jack London's hominids, and editors' picks
Letter From England
Rescuing an Old Dig
Women warriors from beyond the Danube and complex burial rituals are among the unexpected finds at a Roman military cemetery
by Hilary Cool
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