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

The Ancient
Olympics

Probing the Depths
of Venice

Beirut Digs Out

Annual Cruise
Report

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