Archaeology Odyssey

See William Calder III’s review of Susan Heuck Allen’s Finding the Walls of Troy: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik (Reviews, AO 03:03).

See Avner Raban, “Stop the Charade: It’s Time to Sell Artifacts,” BAR 23:03; and Hershel Shanks, “Italy’s Top Antiqiuties Cops Fight Back,” AO 05:01.

For information on the impact of earthquakes on the formation of architectural styles in Byzantine Cyprus, see Slobodan CurcŒicŒ, “Byzantine Architecture on Cyprus: An Introduction to the Problem of the Genesis of a Regional Style,” in Medieval Cyprus, eds. Nancy Patterson SevcŒenko and Christopher Moss (Princeton University Press, 1999).

For another comparison with the Hebrew story of the sacrifice of Isaac, see John Kaltner’s “Abraham’s Sons: How the Bible and Qur’an See the Same Story Differently,” BR 18:02.

See “The Day the Earth Shook,” Past Perfect, AO 04:03.

See “Inti Loves Mentu,” in Field Notes, AO 04:04.

In Egyptian myth, the falcon-headed god Horus lost his left eye, which was later restored by the goddess Hathor. Thus Horus’s eye (wedjat) became a symbol of healing and “making whole.” Wedjat-eye amulets are extremely common.

See John C. Huntington, “The Buddhas of Bamiyan,” AO 04:04.

Hershel Shanks, “Dancing in Denver: From One Scholarly Meeting to Another,” BAR 28:02.