Departments, November/December 1998 - Archaeology Magazine Archive


Departments	Volume 51 Number 6, November/December 1998

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.

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.