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Subject: Archeology

Archaeology

Murder Islands

November 1, 2022

  • Archeology
  • Australia
  • History
The Ugarit Archives

Archaeology

The Ugarit Archives

July 1, 2021

  • Archeology
  • Features
  • History
  • Syria

Archaeology

Weaving for Their Ancestors

Archaeology, November/December 2020

  • Archeology
  • History
  • Peru

Archaeology

Inca Power Politics

Archaeology, January/February 2020

  • Archeology
  • Peru

The Times Literary Supplement

Ancient Wonderings in Britain

November 24, 2017

  • Archeology
  • Book Reviews
  • United Kingdom

Archaeology

Connecting Two Realms: Spiral Temples in the Amazon

July/August 2017

  • Archeology
  • Peru
J/A 2017, Archaeology cover

Archaeology

Egypt’s Final Redoubt in Canaan

July/August 2017

  • Archeology
  • History
  • Israel
  • Museums
Jungle Fever

The Times Literary Supplement

Jungle Fever

May 26, 2017

  • Archeology
  • Book Reviews
  • Honduras
Blue Collar in Ancient Peru

Archaeology

Blue Collar in Ancient Peru

January/February 2017

  • Archeology
  • Peru
Top 10 Discoveries of 2016: Peruvian Woman of Means

Archaeology

Top 10 Discoveries of 2016: Peruvian Woman of Means

January/February 2017

  • Archeology
  • Peru
Man Meets Dog, Both Meet Death

Archaeology

Man Meets Dog, Both Meet Death

November/ December 2016

  • Archeology
  • Peru
A Mexica ceremonial mask made from a human skull (The British Museum)

Nautilus

We May Never Truly Fathom Other Cultures

October 7, 2016

  • Archeology
  • History
  • Mexico
Old Lady of Aspero

Archaeology

Old Lady of Aspero

July/August 2016

  • Archeology
  • Peru
A Circle of Skulls

Archaeology

A Circle of Skulls

March/April 2016

  • Archeology
  • Mexico
Mudbrick staircases and ramps

Archaeology

City Beneath A City (Slideshow for "Maya Metropolis")

March 1, 2016

  • Archeology
  • Guatemala
Obsidian blades, Guatemala

Archaeology

Maya Metropolis

March/April 2016

  • Archeology
  • Guatemala
  • Museums
  • Travel

Archaeology

Lost Island of the Maya

July 2015

  • Archeology
  • Guatemala

Archaeology

Vikings in Ireland

March/April 2015

  • Archeology
  • Ireland

Archaeology

The Power of Images: Ancient Murals at Cacaxtla, Mexico

November 1, 2014

  • Archeology
  • Art
  • Mexico
RA Plaza Gamio II

Archaeology

Under Mexico City

July/August 2014

  • Archeology
  • Mexico
Clash of the War Elephants

Archaeology

Clash of the War Elephants

April 8, 2014

  • Archeology
  • Egypt
Battle of the Proxies: A Spanish Civil War Battlefield

Archaeology

Battle of the Proxies: A Spanish Civil War Battlefield

March/April 2014

  • Archeology
  • History
  • Spain
Joya de Cerén, Aldea Maya

El Faro

Joya de Cerén, Aldea Maya

September 30, 2013

  • Archeology
  • El Salvador
Tomb of the Vulture Lord

Archaeology

Tomb of the Vulture Lord

September/October 2013

  • Archeology
  • Guatemala
  • History
High Rise of the Dead

Archaeology

High Rise of the Dead

November/December 2012

  • Archeology
  • Mexico
Gorée scene VIII

Archaeology

Senegal’s Forgotten Slaves (Abstract Only)

September/October 2012

  • Archeology
  • History
  • Senegal
Stirrup-Spouted Bottle

Chasing Aphrodite

Artifacts and Fictions in Baltimore: On the Bourne Collection at the Walters

May 18, 2012

  • Archeology
  • Art
  • Museums
  • United States
Hidden Scenes of a Royal Court in Peru (Abstract Only)

Archaeology

Hidden Scenes of a Royal Court in Peru (Abstract Only)

September/October 2011

  • Archeology
  • Peru
Archaeology, Nigeria

Archaeology

The Nok of Nigeria

July/August 2011

  • Archeology
  • Features
  • History
  • Nigeria
Top 10 Discoveries of 2010: Pyramids of Jaen

Archaeology

Top 10 Discoveries of 2010: Pyramids of Jaen

January/February 2011

  • Archeology
  • Peru
Head Won, Tales Lost

Archaeology

Head Won, Tales Lost

January/February 2011

  • Archeology
  • History
  • United Kingdom
Stonehenge’s Ring of Hype (Abstract Only)

Archaeology

Stonehenge’s Ring of Hype (Abstract Only)

November/December 2010

  • Archeology
  • News
  • United Kingdom
Top 10 Discoveries of 2009: Lord of Úcupe, Peru

Archaeology

Top 10 Discoveries of 2009: Lord of Úcupe, Peru

January/February 2010

  • Archeology
  • Peru
To Catch a Looter

The New York Times

To Catch a Looter

October 13, 2009

  • Archeology
  • Iraq
  • Museums
  • News
Insider: Maya Roots, Archaeology, July/August 2009

Archaeology

Maya Roots (Abstract Only)

July/August 2009

  • Archeology
  • El Salvador
  • Features
From the Trenches: Fire in the Lab

Archaeology

From the Trenches: Fire in the Lab

March/April 2009

  • Archeology
  • Museums
  • United States
Top 10 Discoveries of 2008: Wari Mask

Archaeology

Top 10 Discoveries of 2008: Wari Mask

January/February 2009

  • Archeology
  • Peru
Insider: Guardians of Antiquity?, Archaeology, July/August 2008

Archaeology

Guardians of Antiquity: Roger on James Cuno

July/August 2008

  • Archeology
  • Book Reviews
  • Italy
  • Museums
A man keeps watch over his sheep and the ruins of a 9th Century mosque near Balkh, Afghanistan. Article on Afghanistan in the June 2008 issue of National Geographic

National Geographic

Afghanistan’s Hidden Treasures

June 2008

  • Afghanistan
  • Archeology
  • Features
  • Museums
Top 10 Discoveries of 2007: Solar Observatory at Chankillo

Archaeology

Top 10 Discoveries of 2007: Solar Observatory at Chankillo

January/February 2008

  • Archeology
  • Peru
  • Travel
Lost in the Shuffle

ARTnews

Lost in the Shuffle

September 2007

  • Archeology
  • Iraq
  • News
Mystery Circles of the Andes: Letter from Peru

Archaeology

Mystery Circles of the Andes: Letter from Peru

September/October 2007

  • Archeology
  • Features
  • Peru
  • Travel
The Rape of Batan Grande (Abstract Only)

Archaeology

The Rape of Batan Grande (Abstract Only)

July/August 2007

  • Archeology
  • Features
  • Museums
  • Peru
Israel

Archaeology

Published or Be Punished: Israel Cracks Down (Abstract Only)

March/April 2007

  • Archeology
  • Israel
  • Museums
Mummy Dogs of Ilo, Peru (Abstract Only)

Archaeology

Mummy Dogs of Ilo, Peru (Abstract Only)

January/February 2007

  • Archeology
  • Features
  • Peru
Deconstructing a Maya Pyramid, Archaeology, September/October 2006

Archaeology

Deconstructing a Maya Pyramid

September/October 2006

  • Archeology
  • El Salvador
  • Features
  • History
Common History

Archaeology

Common History

May 1, 2006

  • Archeology
  • Museum Reviews
  • United States
Archaeologist Held Hostage

Archaeology

Archaeologist Held Hostage

December 2, 2005

  • Archeology
  • Iraq
  • News
The Story of the Iraq Museum

Scientific American

The Story of the Iraq Museum

August 2005

  • Archeology
  • Art
  • Book Reviews
  • Iraq
  • Museums
  • News
A Monumental Feud: On Peru’s Caral (Abstract Only)

Archaeology

A Monumental Feud: On Peru’s Caral (Abstract Only)

July 1, 2005

  • Archeology
  • Features
  • Museums
  • Peru
Tracking the Trade

Archaeology

Tracking the Trade

April 21, 2005

  • Archeology
  • Media
  • United States
Basra’s Inventive Potters

Archaeology

Basra’s Inventive Potters

March 1, 2005

  • Archeology
  • Iraq
  • Museum Reviews
Museums’ Dirty Little Secret

The Los Angeles Times

Museums’ Dirty Little Secret

August 1, 2004

  • Archeology
  • Art
  • Guatemala
  • Museums
Restoring Iraq’s Cultural Legacy

ARTnews

Restoring Iraq’s Cultural Legacy

Summer 2004

  • Archeology
  • Iraq
  • Museums
Day of the Vulture

Mother Jones

Day of the Vulture

September/October 2003

  • Archeology
  • Features
  • History
  • Iraq
  • Museums
  • Politics
In the North of Iraq: Mosul, Hatra, and Nimrud

Archaeology

In the North of Iraq: Mosul, Hatra, and Nimrud

June 4, 2003

  • Archeology
  • Art
  • Iraq
  • Museums
  • News
The Disappearing Treasure of Iraq

The Washington Post

The Disappearing Treasure of Iraq

April 23, 2003

  • Archeology
  • Iraq
  • Museums
Guardians of the Dead, Archaeology, Jan/Feb 2003

Archaeology

Guardians of the Dead (Abstract Only)

January/February 2003

  • Archeology
  • Features
  • Peru
Squeezing the Squatters

Archaeology

Squeezing the Squatters

July/August 2002

  • Archeology
  • Media
  • Peru
Stealing History

Mother Jones

Stealing History

May/June 2002

  • Archeology
  • Features
  • History
  • Peru
  • Politics
Straight Outta Brooklyn

Archaeology

Straight Outta Brooklyn

May/June 2002

  • Archeology
  • Art
  • Guatemala
  • News
It’s Official: Caral is Very Old

ARTnews

It’s Official: Caral is Very Old

April 2002

  • Archeology
  • News
  • Peru
Just Old Things in the Ground

The Sunday Telegraph

Just Old Things in the Ground

July 23, 2000

  • Archeology
  • Art
  • Peru
Standing Up to the Smugglers (as summarized in Utne Reader)

ARTnews

Standing Up to the Smugglers (as summarized in Utne Reader)

June 2000

  • Archeology
  • Art
  • Features
  • Museums
  • Peru
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