From the Trenches	Volume 62 Number 4, July/August 2009

News and Notes from the World of Archaeology

Ꮞ Ꮙ Ꮿ Was Here The earliest writing in the system developed by the Cherokee known as Sequoyah has been found in a Kentucky cave. Medical Mural A recently excavated tomb fresco may be the first painting to show in great detail how Chinese medicine was practiced 1,000 years ago. Rome in a Day Artist Liz Glynn challenged the notion "Rome wasn't built in a day" at the New Museum in New York, presenting a live performance piece. Museums Traders of the Maya Television The Real World: Archaeology Books Editor's Picks

World Roundup Recent discoveries around the globe Off the Grid Nancy McMahon says you should plan a visit to the site of Pi'ilanihale Heiau on Maui's eastern coast. Head Case The Labit Museum in Toulouse, France, has had an Egyptian mummy of a 35-year-old woman since 1848, when she arrived with a label dating her to the seventh or eighth century B.C. But scientists now think she could be 1,000 years older. Dating of tissue samples from her neck should clear up her "age issue."

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