From the Trenches

Volume 63 Number 4, July/August 2010

News and Notes from the World of Archaeology

It's All Pictish to Me The carved slabs of northeastern Scotland known as the Pictish stones are complex and haunting, testimony to a sophisticated culture on the edge of medieval Europe. Faces of Egypt Archaeologists excavating in Egypt's Bahariya oasis have found 14 tombs likely dating from the era of Roman rule in Egypt. New Hominid Species Discovered Analyses of that partial skeleton and a second individual found nearby, dubbed Australopithecus sediba, are revealing new information

World Roundup Recent discoveries around the globe Museums Burying Tut Footsteps of Our Ancestors Editor's Picks Off the Grid Pennsylvania archaeologist Robert Sharer recommends taking a side trip to the seldom-seen city of Quiriguá, Guatemala.

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