March/April 2015 - Archaeology Magazine

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Table of Contents March/April 2015

FEATURES

Rome's Imperial Port

The vast site of Portus holds the key to understanding how Rome evolved from a mighty city to an empire

The Vikings in Ireland

A surprising discovery in Dublin challenges long-held ideas about when the Scandinavian raiders arrived on the Emerald Isle

Packed for the Afterlife

The remarkably well-preserved contents of a Ming Dynasty tomb

Iron from the Sky

Archaeologists and planetary scientists experiment with meteorites, ancient Egypt's first source of precious iron

City of the Moon

New discoveries show that North America's biggest prehistoric settlement may have been the center of a lunar cult

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DEPARTMENTS

From the Trenches

Seismic Shift
Off the Grid
Treasures of Rathfarnham Castle
History's Largest Megalith
Squaring the Circles
Hidden in a Coin Hoard
Autumn of the Master Builder
Buried With Care
New Mosaics at Zeugma
How to Eat a Shipwreck
Tomb of the Jealous Dog
Shackled for Eternity
Treason, Plot, and Witchcraft

World Roundup

Native American genes on Easter Island, a Tudor dog’s big secret, precision Inca stonework, searching for Amelia Earhart, and an Egyptian book of spells

Letter From the Marshall Islands

Unexploded ordnance from WWII is a risk for the people of the Marshall Islands—and a challenge for archaeologists

Artifact

How the other half played chess in medieval England

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