Table of Contents	Volume 59 Number 3, May/June 2006

Features City of the Dead The vast Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara is now emerging from the shadow of Giza and the Valley of the Kings by Andrew Lawler Digging Deep Revolutionary technology takes archaeologists to new depths by Marianne Alfsen Rescued Frescoes An unexpected discovery of rare Roman art by Marco Merola Impossibly Old America? New sites and controversial theories fuel the debate over the origins of America's first people by Mike Toner First Soldier of the Gene Wars A pioneer of genetic archaeology maps the history of human migration by Meredith F. Small

Departments In This Issue A Story is Born by Peter A. Young From the President A Hidden Discipline  Why archaeologists are hard to find by Jane C. Waldbaum Special Report The Fantome Controversy  To archaeologists' dismay, Nova Scotia has licensed a company to salvage what it believes to be a warship that was carrying plunder from the White House in 1814. News Curious George and the Looter in the Yellow Hat, Henry VIII's wedding chapel, and the first impacted wisdom teeth Conversations Lover of Dirt  Kathryn Gleason on the joys of digging ancient gardens Reviews Greece gets a digital makeover, the excitement of humdrum artifacts, Michael Coe's life in ruins, hominid battles, a mummy mystery wraps up, and editors' picks Commentary So You Want to be an Archaeologist? Brian Fagan warns against the seductions and false romance of an archaeological career.

On the Cover: This stuccoed and painted wood figure depicts Mitri, a late 5th or early 6th Dynasty administrator. It was found in his tomb at Saqqara, Egypt, during excavations in the 1920s. (Photograph by Araldo de Luca)

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