Features
Ages of Albania The ruins at Butrint reflect an extraordinary history, from the rise of the Iron Age to the fall of the Iron Curtain by Jarrett A. Lobell | ![[cover]](cover.gif) |
Artful Surgery  Greek archaeologists discover evidence of a skilled surgeon who practiced centuries before Hippocrates by Anagnostis P. Agelarakis
The Little Colony That Couldn't A short-lived settlement founded
in Maine in 1607 could have changed the course of American history--if only it had survived by Tom Gidwitz
The Mystery of Unknown Man E Was a mummy found in less-than-royal wrappings a disgraced prince who plotted to murder his father, Ramesses III by Bob Brier
Hitler's Willing Archaeologists How the SS perverted the Paleolithic record to support Nazi ideology by Heather Pringle
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Departments
In This Issue A Question of Evidence by Peter A. Young
From the President Honoring a Rare Team  Joe and Maria Shaw awarded the AIA's Gold Medal
by Jane C. Waldbaum
News Nero's Golden Palace closes again, Shock and Awe in Mesopotamia, the oldest Maya writing, knocking back beers at Luxor, and Paleolithic Hong Kong
Conversations
Museums on Trial  How will a highly charged trial affect shady museum-acquisition practices?
Reviews Neandertal crooners, rethinking ancient Jewish art, the Getty Villa reopens, archaeology's a real downer, was the Oracle of Delphi high?, and editors' picks
Letter From China The Search for Peking Man The famous fossils are still MIA, but does Chinese paleontology miss them?
by Jake Hooker
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