July/August 2018 - Archaeology Magazine

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Table of Contents July/August 2018

FEATURES

Westminster Abbey’s Hidden History

Far above the royal pomp and circumstance, archaeologists unexpectedly discover seven centuries of England’s past

The City at the Beginning of the World

The only Maya city with an urban grid may embody a creation myth

Haiti’s Royal Past

An early 19th-century palace is a reminder of the ambitious monarchy that rose from the ashes of the Haitian Revolution

Paradise Changed

An ancient Peruvian city stood at the crossroads of technologies

An Etruscan Family Story

Surprising evidence of daily life and of one of Rome’s greatest conflicts is found in a wealthy residence in Tuscany

Ancient Athens’ Other Cemetery

Excavations at Phaleron, a vast Archaic burial ground, are poised to tell the story of the city before the age of democracy

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DEPARTMENTS

From the Trenches

Sun Storm
Off the Grid
Honoring Osiris
Mirror, Mirror
Pompeii Revisited
Nazi Sub Discovered
Divine Invitation
Samurai Nest Egg
Far From Home
Late Antique TLC
Pinpoint Precision
A Final Account
Seaworthy Sumerians
Tales Out of School

World Roundup

New Mexico’s giant sloth, Peruvian llama sacrifice, Sweden’s oldest onion, bovine brain surgery, and the first Arabians

Letter from England

Archaeologists explore the landscape of England’s first civil war

Artifact

It was a bout time, too

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