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Features
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The Past in High-Def
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The world's ancient heritage is coming to your desktop in 3-D
by Eric A. Powell
Of Obelisks and Empire
Royal monuments and ancient accounts recall the lost glory
of an African kingdom
by Mark Rose
Antiquities Under Fire
Is there a future for archaeology
in the Gaza Strip?
by Mati Milstein
Rituals of the Nasca Lines
New excavations reveal the purpose and origin of the famed geoglyphs
by Andrew Curry
Entombed in Style
The lavish afterlife of a
Chinese noblewoman
by Eti Bonn-Muller
Mystery in Bermuda
How did the bodies of two important historical figures
end up beneath the floorboards of a church?
by Elizabeth Gehrman
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Departments
From the President
The AIA and You
Values of Membership
by C. Brian Rose
In This Issue
Scanning Wizardry
by Peter A. Young
Letters
Salvage vs. archaeology, responsible collecting, and our first centerfold
From the Trenches
Clovis cache, dumped plutonium, Paleolithic video game, Chaco chocolate, Iraqi National Museum, forgotten dungeon, Amazonian cities, naked pagans, chemical warfare, a tent over megalithic Malta, horse teeth, hyena feces, and a pierced elk
Conversation Full text!
An architecture professor at MIT tells us what ancient structures can teach today's engineers
Insider Full text!
The surprising way that eBay—long thought to be a clearinghouse for looted artifacts—might help protect archaeological sites
Letter from Albania
The effort to preserve the "Silver City," a forgotten Ottoman treasure
by Oliver Gilkes
Artifact
A rare, intricately carved Polynesian tiki
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