Departments, March/April 1999 - Archaeology Magazine Archive

In This Issue
Wonders of Ancient Alexandria Exploring a "Gigantic Ruin Field"
by Peter A. Young

From the President
Careers of Distinction The AIA honors researchers who have made contributions to archaeology.
by Nancy C. Wilkie

Insight
Suppression of the Cathars A fairy-tale lanscape in southern France belies a brutal crusade.
by James Wiseman

Books
Murder, They Wrote Pharaoh did it, in the pyramid, with the crook and flail.
by Amy Lubelski (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's bookstore for the latest list of new books.)

At the Museums
Art of the Shamans Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (through March 29)
reviewed by Brian Fagan (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of museum exhibitions.)

Multimedia
Adventures in Africa AfricaQuest, a virtual tour of the Great Rift Valley
reviewed by Lawrence H. Robbins

Forum
Summer on the River Styx An exploration of Etruscan and Roman baths discovered in the 1970s
by David and Noelle Soren

In This Issue Wonders of Ancient Alexandria	Exploring a "Gigantic Ruin Field" by Peter A. Young
From the President Careers of Distinction	The AIA honors researchers who have made contributions to archaeology. by Nancy C. Wilkie
Insight Suppression of the Cathars	A fairy-tale lanscape in southern France belies a brutal crusade. by James Wiseman
Books Murder, They Wrote	Pharaoh did it, in the pyramid, with the crook and flail. by Amy Lubelski (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's bookstore for the latest list of new books.)
At the Museums Art of the Shamans	Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (through March 29) reviewed by Brian Fagan (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of museum exhibitions.)
Multimedia Adventures in Africa	AfricaQuest, a virtual tour of the Great Rift Valley reviewed by Lawrence H. Robbins
Forum Summer on the River Styx	An exploration of Etruscan and Roman baths discovered in the 1970s by David and Noelle Soren