Table of Contents	Volume 56 Number 2, March/April 2003

The full texts of newsbriefs, reviews, and selected longer articles are available online; abstracts of other departments and features are also available.

Departments In This Issue A Trip round the World, Every Day by Peter A. Young From the President And the Winner is... by Jane C. Waldbaum Reviews The Oldest Europeans Fresh Look at the Pyramids Mythmaking at Masada Masterworks of Greek Italy Trekking the Inca Heartland The Rise and Downloading of Civilization Editors' Picks Conversations: A Singularly Human Pursuit Linguist Andrew Robinson reflects on the puzzle of undeciphered ancient scripts. Letter from Baluchistan: The Guns of Mehrgarh Tribal feuds imperil one of South Asia's most ancient sites. by Massoud Ansari

Cover Story Mystery Mummy A royal body may be that of Rameses I, but can we ever be sure? by Mark Rose NEWSBRIEFS Chinese Chimes and Chariots Earliest Mesoamerican Writing? Viking Portraits in Stone? Napoleonic Update Roman Warship Resurfaces Empire State's Waterways Inner Sanctum Discovery Spying on the Ancients More Vesuvius Victims Big Time Fine For Cave Looter Vintage Skulls

Features What Can We Learn From a Maya Vase? Hi-tech analysis enables once-enigmatic vessels to tell their tales. by Dorie Reents-Budet and Ronald Bishop The Pepper Wreck Archaeologists reconstruct the story of a ship that nearly made it home. by Filipe Castro Warriors of Clay China's most recently discovered terra-cotta army by Jarrett A. Lobell Searching for the First New Zealanders Can rats rewrite Pacific history? by Eric A. Powell When Spells Worked Magic In ancient times, a curse could help you win in the stadium or the courts. by Christopher A. Faraone Further Reading

On the Cover: A mummy now at Emory University in Atlanta may be that of a pharaoh, but identifying which one may prove impossible. It is slated to return to Egypt later this year. Photo ©Robin Davis, courtesy Michael C. Carlos Museum

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