Departments, November/December 1996 - Archaeology Magazine Archive


Departments	Volume 49 Number 6, November/December 1996

In This Issue A Tempting Document	A curious manuscript may hold the key to Andean writing. But is it real? By Peter A. Young
From the President Seeking New Sources of Support	The NEH's archaeological unit has been eliminated, largely cutting off Old World archaeology from federal support. By Stephen L. Dyson
Letters	Fort Caroline or Charlesfort?; Happy Birthday Jerusalem?; Hitler's Olympic Torch; The Tragedy of Beirut; Flip of the Coin.
Insight Window on Ancient Maritime Commerce	A shipwreck off Spain's Costa Brava yields clues to Roman commerce. By James Wiseman
At the Museums Gallery In Situ	Copán's new museum, which includes a replica of a 1,400-year-old temple known as Rosalila built in an atrium open to the sky, highlights sculptural treasures and a sophisticated Maya cosmology. Reviewed by Angela M.H. Schuster
Books Digging the Rose and Globe	A new study reassesses Elizabethan playhouses. The Archaeology of Shakespeare: The Material Legacy of Shakespeare's Theatre. By Jean Wilson. 211 pages. Stroud, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd., 1995. ISBN 0-7509-0926-9. Available from Books International, P.O. Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605, tel. 703-661-1586. $35.95. Reviewed by Ricardo J. Elia.
Multimedia Mummies Old and New	Ancient "mysteries" from A&E and an experimental re-creation. Mummies and the Wonders of Ancient Egypt. 1996. Four one-hour episodes produced by the Arts & Entertainment Network in associateion with Greystone Communications, Inc. Purchase, $59.95 from A&E, 800-423-1212. Resurrection of an Ancient Art: Mummification. 1994. A 48-minute video produced by Thomas H. Wood. Purchase, $24.95 from T.H. Wood, P.O. Box 65, Merion Station, PA 19066-0065, tel. 610-667-0158. Add $3 shipping for U.S., $4 other Americas, $6 Europe, $8 Asia and Africa. Add 6 percent sales tax if shipped to PA. Reviewed by Robert S. Bianchi.
Forum Murder in Memphis	Did the Persian emperor Cambyses (sixth century B.C.) in fact murder the Egyptians' sacred Apis bull, as Herodotus reports. By Leo Depuydt