Table of Contents	Volume 57 Number 3, May/June 2004

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

Features Diving the Maya Underworld An adventure in the sacrificial sinkholes of the Yucatán jungle by Kristin M. Romey In Flanders Fields Uncovering the carnage of World War I by Neil Asher Silberman Hidden History of Ralston Heights The story of New Jersey's failed "Garden of Eden" by Janet Six Was There a Trojan War?  Troy's chief archaeologist weighs in on the Western world's most mythic battle by Manfred Korfmann A Novel Legacy How two archaeologists turned their passion for the past into bestsellers by Eric A. Powell Iran Beckons A surprise invitation to foreign archaeologists to return and resume work by Andrew Lawler

Departments In This Issue Risky Business by Peter A. Young From the President Double Standard? Helping Iraq while ignoring Afghanistan by Jane C. Waldbaum Newsbriefs Colonizing Cretans Saved by Neglect Vesuvius Victim Skeletons of Seville Return of the King Well-Dressed Dead A Little Too Good Conversations Achilles at the Gates! A respected comic-book artist tackles the Trojan War Reviews Hominid Saga Michigan's Mystery Relics One Long, Hot Global Summer The Games People Played Elusive Columbus Have Parasol, Will Travel Editors' Picks Letter from Cambodia Night Shift Camping out at Preah Khan by Karen J. Coates

On the Cover: Archaeologist Guillermo de Anda with the skull of a sacrifice victim in a Yucatán cenote, or sinkhole. Offerings to the Maya rain god Chac--in the form of pots, animals, and people--are often found in cenotes. (Photograph by Melisa French)

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