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Archaeology Odyssey
Archaeology Odyssey takes the reader on a journey through the classical world as seen through the eyes of the top archaeologists in the discipline. Written with you in mind, the experts explain the latest in classical research in a way that is accessible to the general public. Read the complete series today!
Ancient Life: Greek Fire
Destinations: The Long Voyage Home
Authors
Warren Woodfin (“The Holiest Ground in the World”) is a Ph.D. candidate in art history at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign. His dissertation research involves Byzantine liturgical vestments of the 12th to 15th centuries.
Reviews
The Writing on the Wall: Studies in the Architectural Context of Late Assyrian Palace Inscriptions
Past Perfect: A Day in the Life
Field Notes
After more than two centuries, the Naples Museum’s Pornography Collection is on display once again
Anyone who doubts the selling power of sex should visit the Naples Archaelogical Museum. For almost five months now, the museum has been attracting enormous crowds with its newly reopened exhibit of ancient erotica.
Editors’ Page: Contemporary Resonances
A City Built by Mastodons?
The city of Baalbek is a mystery. No one knows when it was founded, or why, or by whom. No one even knows how it was built. (Some of the stones in the foundation of the Temple of Jupiter weigh 1,000 tons, ten times more than the heaviest building blocks in the pyramids at Giza.)
Colossal Enigmas
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