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Issue 15

Welcome to the first edition of CWA for 2006. We start the year in true style with Qatna, a Syrian site that defies imagination. There, archaeologists have made the once-in-a-lifetime find, uncovering untouched royal tombs concealed beneath a Bronze Age palace. The tombs boast splendid gold, precious jewellery, and other ancient treasures, which have lain hidden since the day of their abandonment following the destruction of the palace - probably by the Hittites in 1340 BC.
From royal tombs in Syria, we turn up the heat and move south to look at the civilisation most famed for its tombs: Ancient Egypt. Here, Egyptologist Nigel Strudwick draws on his excavation at the Theban tomb of a high official, Senneferi, to explore exactly how

Issue 15/Egypt/Features

Tomb of Senneferi

How did a high-class Egyptian tomb work? All is revealed at the tomb of Senneferi who lived at the height of the…

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Issue 15/Features/Italy

Castelfiorentino, Renaissance Pottery from Tuscany

Digging a pottery kiln in the central Tuscan town of Castelfiorentino…

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Issue 15/Features/Syria

Qatna, Syria

Peter Pfalzner, of the University of Tubingen writes of the extraordinary Brinze Age royal tombs at Qanta…

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Issue 15/Features/France

St-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France

Excavations in the hilltop town reveal Roman defensive wall still standing to its full height and help to date the town…

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Issue 15/Australia

Ancient Australian Rock Carvings Trashed

Ancient Aboriginal rock carving destroyed in malicous attack…

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Issue 15/Egypt

Egyptian Dwarfs

Biological and artistic evidence suggests that dwarfs held a privilaged position in Ancient Egyptian society…

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Issue 15/South Africa

Hominid, World’s Oldest was Brained by Bird

Researchers reveal Taung Child was killed by an eagle…

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Issue 15/Italy

Blow to Nero’s Palace

Nero's palace has been forced to close after rain in December 2005 threatened to bring down part of the building…

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Issue 15/USA

Neolithic Baby Boom

Scientific study reveals the invention of agriculture led to significant population increase…

Issue 15/Travel/USA

USA: The American Mid-West

Richard Hodges reports from the American mid-west…

Issue 15/Hungary/Travel

Hungary, The City of Pécs

Chief Archaeological Advisor to English Heritage, David Miles explores the city of Pecs…

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Issue 15/Books/Jordan

Beyond The River

To the east of the small town of Madaba in Jordan – famed for its 6th century AD Mosaic Map, the earliest…

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