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Features
Africa's First Bananas
A new discovery peels back the history of our favorite fruit.
by Peter Robertshaw
Deconstructing
a Maya Pyramid
El Salvador rediscovers its past beneath a layer of concrete.
by Roger Atwood
Flights of Fancy
In an early Etruscan tomb, an artist created an exotic bestiary
by Marco Merola
Opening Franco's Graves
The victims of Spain's fascist past are beginning to tell their stories
by Mike Elkin
Egypt's Ageless Goddess
A modern pilgrim visits the temple of Mut
by Jennifer Pinkowski
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Departments
From the President
The Benefits of Membership 
Why you should join the AIA
by Jane C. Waldbaum
In This Issue
Great Coverups
by Peter A. Young
News
The first jewelry, a Forum find, suing Wal-Mart, natty legionnaires, blond mammoths, Persians and Kurds in China, from the Getty to Greece, and Nelson Mandela's gun
Conversations
Field of Dreams
Stuart Wilson on amateur archaeology and picnicking on your very own dig site
Reviews
"The Maya Paris," getting "civilised," Fagan on travel writing, revealing rubbish, stinking like the ancients, Jews and Jesus, and editors' picks
Letter from Russian America
Unearthing America's Czarist Heritage
It was no "red dawn," but Russians had an early colonial foothold in America, trading furs and folktales.
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