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For a traveler in Cambodia, Laos, or Thailand, there is no more satisfying experience than to step out of the noise and commotion of the city into the quiet space of a Buddhist temple.
Page 1 - Opening letter - Dunhuang and the Silk Road
Page 2 - Strange Ritual Structures in Wadi Rum, The World of the Maya
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3 - Cambodia and Laos, An early Colonial Chapel on the North Coast of Peru
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4 - Not "Just Archaeology"
There are fourteen of us traveling together through Iran - this varied landscape of snow-covered peaks, green hills studded with groves of wild almonds, stretches of highway, bustling city centers, and sun-baked lands.
Page 1 -
Opening letter - The Splendors of Jordan
Page 2 -
Snapshot of Iran - The Marquesas
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3 - Latest Archaeological News
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4 - Greece and Turkey: A Voyage through History
Egypt
— The
Temple of Isis at Philae was one of the most important
religious centers in Egypt for over five hundred years.
Situated on an island in the Nile, Philae must have seemed
like a great green oasis among the boulders of the First
Cataract to pilgrims approaching the temple. Learn
More
Page 1 - Opening
letter - Recent Discoveries in Peru
Page 2 - The
Wonders of Jordan - Philae Temple
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3 - The Silk Road in Western China -
The Khmer
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4 - Donations at Work! - Lycia: a crossroad
of civilizations
Easter
Island — The Egyptians? Phoenicians? Greeks? Vikings?
Ancient Lemurians? Extraterrestrials? These are only a few of
those ancient peoples —real or imagined—muted to
have colonized the Pacific’s loneliest terminus. Yet the
truth is closer...and far more exciting.
Learn
More
Page 1 - Opening
letter, plus Rolex Awards - Tell Umm el-Marra, Syria
Page 2 - Sambor
Prei Kuk - The Purochuco Mummy Bundles
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3 - Who Settled Easter Island? - Archaeologists
Return to Iran
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4 - Teotihuacan at Monte Alban
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5 - Local Boy Makes Good at Leptis Magna -
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
China's Silk Road—
The Silk Road is well known as China’s opening to other
great world civilizations, and the trail is protected by mighty
military fortifications more than two thousand years old. Places
to be seen here show how Buddhist influence first took hold
more than fifteen hundred years ago and where remarkable artistic
relics remain... Learn
More
Page 1 - Opening
letter, plus Pictures Cannot Capture Egypt’s Majesty
Page 2 - Inka
Trail - Unearthing the Picts - Tiwanaku’s New Museum
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3 - Magnificent Temple in Thailand - Pre-Angkor
Sites of Cambodia
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4 - China’s Silk Road - UPCOMING EVENTS
Iran — Beisitun is the crux of the
Persian Empire, which dominated all of the Middle East from the
sixth century B.C. until its spectacular collapse at the hand
of Alexander the Great. Located on the road from Kermanshah to
Susa, Darius the Great placed his famous monumental relief high
on the sheer rock face...
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More
Page 1 - Opening
letter, plus The Zapotec of Oaxaca
Page 2 - Saving
Cambodia's Past - Royal
Road of the Persian Empire
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3 - Nefertiti Mummy Found
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- Tunisia: The Island of Jerba - 'Ain Ghazal Jordan
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- Recent Publications: Easter Island and the Khmer
Civilization
Spring
2003 Archaeology Newsletter
Thailand — Although Chiang Mai has
long been a favorite destination for foreign tourists visiting
northern Thailand, the city still conceals quite a few secret
sites capable of dazzling those travelers willing to seek them
out. And until quite recently, one of these hidden gems was visited
only by a small group of archaeology enthusiasts...
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More
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Opening letter,
plus The fire in Old Town Edinburgh
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Thailand: Wiang Kum Kam - A
Roman Port in Turkey
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3 - Peru's New Museums - Chiapas
Stelae - Romans in Burgundy
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4 -
The
Buried Army in China - The Taj Mahal - Hadrian's Wall
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5 -
The
Exquisite Islands of Micronesia
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