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Archive for October, 2009

The Athena Review: Journal of Archeology, History, and Exploration features well-written, informative articles addressing current news items in archaeology, history, and exploration.. . profiling and explaining relevant field or research projects in archaeology and history. . . reviewing of key books, journals, videos, and CD-ROMS in these areas. Recent areas of focus include Pre-Clovis sefflement on Virginia’s Nottoway River, Neanderthal DNA results, the search for the Incas’ legendary land of Paititi, and Roman inscriptions in Britain. Here you can also get the scoop on Andean petroglyphs, evidence of the first people to populate the region in and around central Scotland, Palenque Egyptian papyri, and Roman Gaul. Also be sure to check the Athena Review’s great image archive presenting splendid photographs of unique archeological sites in Britain, Bulgaria (Ancient Thrace), Cambodia, Egypt, France, Italy, Scandanavia and elsewhere. And don’t miss the stunning collection of online maps, including Athena’s maps of Buddhist Monasteries in Tibet, Caesar’s crossings in Britain, Celtic nibes and Caesar’s campaigns of the Gallic Wars (58-50 BC), Rome (Domus Aurea and the baths of Trajan), sites of tomb treasures in Bulgaria, site plan for Angkor (Cambodia), and Columbus’s first voyage as shown on the a period map, the famous Map of Antilles (1492).

Founded in 1948, ARCHAEOLOGY Magazine covers all aspects of the human past. It is an official publication of the Archaeological Institute of America, the country’s oldest and largest professional organization devoted to archaeology. Lavishly illustrated and written with clarity and wit, ARCHAEOLOGY conveys the excitement of worldwide exploration and discovery. Its engaging and entertaining stories written by leading experts bring the past into the 21st century. The full texts of newsbriefs and selected longer articles are available online; abstracts of other departments and features are also available. Help solve the puzzle of mysterious burial urns found in caves deep within the Amazon jungle. Discover fabulous geoglyphs, the remains of bunkers and pillboxes built to stymie a Nazi invasion of England, and the “extraordinary folly” of Asia’s greatest brick monument. Take guided tours of Rome as it was at the time of the first-millennium, the Shenandoah Valley as it was in the mid 1BOOs, or Hamlet’s castle. Join the world’s top archeologists as they unearth the secrets of Roman life on the Danube, Armageddon, the physical evidence of the Battle of the Nile, Roman-era tombs southwest of Cairo, and the legendary square-rigger Bounty. Search articles by topic, title or author. Then enjoy full texts of selected items plus dazzling online illustrations.