In This Issue
From the President
Letters
Insight
Space Missions and Ground Truth
By James Wiseman
Newsbriefs
Peopling of South
America,
Imperial Jade
Shroud,
Ancient Canoes
Found,
Who's Buried in
Margarita's Tomb?,
Shootin' &
Drinkin',
Sodom and Gomorrah
Update,
Roman Coin
Hoard,
Dao in
Dialogue,
Early Honduran
Village Life,
Maronite
Mummies,
Field Notes
The Ancient Olympics
Winning at
Olympia
New studies challenge traditional notions about greek
athletes and why they competed.
by Donald G. Kyle
Myths About the
Olympics
by David C. Young
Games for
Girls
by Thomas F. Scanlon
Stadia and
Starting
Gates
by Hugh M. Lee
Probing the
Depths of
Venice
Ancient sediments yield evidence of the islands' first
settlers.
By Albert J. Ammerman
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Special Report
Beirut Digs Out
Developers vie with archaeologists over the future of a
5,000-year-old city.
By Marilyn Raschka
The Price of Progress
How short-sighted government policies favored
development at the expense of archaeology
By Albert F.H. Naccache
Annual Cruise Report
Seeing with Maya Eyes
A vernal-equinox appearance of the feathered serpent
highlights a seven-day cruise to Yucatán.
By Andrew L. Slayman
Cruise Directory
At the Museums
Ghosts of 'Ain Ghazal
By Angela M.H. Schuster
Books
Palaeolithic Masterpieces
By Brian Fagan
Multimedia
Exposing the Holy Land
By Peter S. Allen
Further Reading
Forum
Murders Most Foul
By Spencer P.M. Harrington
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