One of the great misconceptions about the Civil War is that its outcome was determined on the battlefields of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. by Peter A. Young
Scholars from Europe and the United States gathered in mid-May at the American Academy in Rome to celebrate the fiftieth year of excavations at the Tuscan site of Cosa. by Stephen L. Dyson
Reconstructing ancient faces (Making Faces, John Prag and Richard Neave. 256 pages. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1997. $39.95. ISBN 0-89096-784-9.) Reviewed by Wijnand Van Der Sanden (Check
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A photographer's vision of sites that link the secular with the sacred is reviewed by Andrew Szegedy-Maszak. Keepers of the Spirit. (Hillsboro, OR: Beyond Words Publishing Co., 1993)