Table of Contents	Volume 54 Number 5, September/October 2001

The full texts of newsbriefs and selected longer articles are available
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Departments In This Issue Learning from Mummies by Peter A. Young From the President Myopia at the Smithsonian by Nancy C. Wilkie Insight At Trowel's Edge by James Wiseman American Scene Aim, Fire, Thwock! by Kristin M. Romey Museums Gems from the Silk Road by Shareen Blair Brysac Books Tales of the Count Battle of the Bones Mummy Matters Multimedia Hoppin' Hittites, Hector! by John G. Younger Forum Birthplace of American Booze by Eric A. Powell (see "Celebrating Washington's Distillery")

Cover Story New Life for the Dead Atlanta's Emory University unveils a unique collection of Egyptian mummies and decorated coffins. by Peter Lacovara, Sue D'Auria, and Thérèse O'Gorman The Case of the Dummy Mummy Psst!... Hey buddy, wanna buy a falcon? by Bob Brier Features Biblical Iconoclast Israel Finkelstein tilts with colleagues over the history of Early Iron Age Palestine. by Haim Watzman China's Great Enigma What's inside the unexcavated tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi? by Erling Hoh A Peek at the Past The rise and demise of ARCHAEOLOGY's Victorian predecessor by Jerald T. Milanich Timeless Thoroughbred England's Uffington Horse mystifies scholars and mesmerizes visitors. by Christine Finn Flight of the Anasazi Where did they go after abandoning Mesa Verde? A site in southern New Mexico provides intriguing clues. by Stephen H. Lekson NEWSBRIEFS Cave Art Nouveau Working-class Stiffs Brahmin Blood Fertility Figure Found Marathon Blunder Ritual Raccoon Lucky Horseshoe? More Bones, More Claims Old Canuck No Kennewick Man The El Niño Effect Miami Circle Dead Yankee Slavery Nuts Crack Date On the Cover: A detail from the side of a 21st Dynasty (1070-946 B.C.) coffin at Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum, showing the soul of Lady Tahat being led into the Hall of Judgment in the underworld. Photograph by Peter Harholdt.

July/August 2001 | November/December 2001

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