Features
(Cover Photo: Erich Lessing/Art Resource)
Naples Underground Subway excavations are changing the city's history by Jarrett A. Lobell
60 Years of Discovery ARCHAEOLOGY celebrates its past by Malin Banyasz, Jarrett A. Lobell, and Eric A. Powell
Legend of the Crystal Skulls Full text! The truth behind Indiana Jones's latest quest
by Jane MacLaren Walsh
At the Edge of Empire Seeking the roots of Romanian identity on an ancient frontier
by Samir S. Patel
Beijing Looks Back Old and new compete for the city's soul as dust settles from Olympic construction
by Eti Bonn-Muller
Letter from Warsaw Excavations at the Saxon Palace recapture a history lost to the ravages of World War II by Jennifer Pinkowski
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Departments
From the President Tinseltown Treasure Hollywood takes a dive on heritage by C. Brian Rose
In This Issue Anniversary Salute by Peter A. Young
Letters Ecocidal tendencies, fun-loving shovel bums, and the secrets of ancient scratches
From the Trenches New altar on Zeus's sacred mountain, Peruvian featherwork, blue Maya sacrifices, Indiana Jones's family tree, nun mummy, 10,000 B.C. panned, Columbus and syphilis, creationism, peacekeeping vandals, neo-Hittite fortress, and the first oil painting
Conversation Rodolfo Reyes on re-creating the dances of the ancient Maya
Insider Inept bureaucrats and creeping fungi are destroying the famous cave paintings at Lascaux
Artifact A bat on a bowl shows the Mimbres people were keen observers of their environment
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