July/August 2014 - Archaeology Magazine

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Table of Contents July/August 2014

FEATURES

Under Mexico City

Beneath the capital's busy streets, archaeologists are discovering the buried world of the Aztecs

Revisiting the Gokstad

More than a century after Norway's Gokstad ship burial was first excavated, scientists are examining the remains of the VIking chieftain buried inside and learning the truth about how he lived and died

The Tomb of the Silver Hands

Long-buried evidence of an Etruscan noble family

Telling a Different Story

Archaeologists are revealing the dark past of one of the Cold War's most celebrated sites

Egypt's Forgotten Dynasty

Excavations at the ancient city of Abydos have revealed the tomb of a previously unknown pharaoh and evidence of a long-lost royal lineage

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DEPARTMENTS

From The Trenches

The Video Game Graveyard
Off the Grid
Byzantine Secret Ingredient
A Bold Civil War Steamer
Inheritance of Tears
Diminutive Gatekeeper
Bannockburn Booty
Ancient Oncology
Egyptian Style in Ancient Canaan
Neanderthal Epigenome
Childhood Rediscovered
Taking a Dive

World Roundup

Scurvy in Columbus' first colony, the Near Eastern lizard diet, a medieval Christian tattoo in Sudan, and how nice weather helped Genghis Khan

Letter From Scotland

Were the residents of a Scottish hillside immoral squatters or hard-working farmers?

Artifact

A 10,000-year-old wand offers a new look at the faces of the Neolithic

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