In This Issue
Star of Wonder |
Today many scholars suggest that stories of the Advent Star are simply interpretive tales based on older Jewish sacred material. by Peter A. Young |
From the President
Hail and Farewell |
Nancy Wilkie is welcomed as the AIA's next president. by Stephen L. Dyson |
Insight
A Visit to Ancient Glanum |
Picturing a Gallo-Roman town beneath a van Gogh landscape by James Wiseman. |
Books
Unraveling the Qumran Texts |
An important addition to Dead Sea Scroll literature (The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, (Hershel Shanks. New York: Random House, 1998). Reviewed by Eric M. Meyers (Check
out ARCHAEOLOGY's bookstore for the latest list
of new books.) |
At the Museums
Invisible No More |
The Mashantucket Pequot Museum sets the standard for excellence in the coming century. by Neil Asher Silberman(Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's
latest list of museum exhibitions.) |
Multimedia
Novice in Wonderland |
Investigating Olduvai (Jeanne Sept. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997) and Excavating Occaneechi Town (R.P. Davis, et al., editors. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997). reviewed by Jerald T. Milavich. |
Forum
The Elusive Arthur |
A history of Arthurian archaeology at Tintagel by Richard Hodges. |