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Issue 27

The 'Red Snake', or Gorgan Wall, of northern Iran is one of the world's greatest frontiers. This mighty wall is longer than the combined length of Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall. But who built it? And when? Alexander the Great? The Romans? The Sasanians? An international team of archaeologists has been at work and here they finally unravel the secrets

Issue 27

CWA 27

The ‘Red Snake’, or Gorgan Wall, of northern Iran is one of the world’s greatest frontiers.   But who built it? And…

Issue 27/Features/Iran

Great Wall of Gorgan: Revealing one of the Worlds Greatest Frontier Walls

The story of the red-brick Gorgan Wall. Snaking at least 195km from the Caspian Sea to the Highlands, it is one of…

Issue 27/Features/Syria

Jerablus and the Land of Carchemish

The site of Jerablus Tahtani, which rises up in the Uruk period, becomes strongly fortified in the Early Bronze Age, but is…

Issue 27/Features/USA

Alaska’s Rock Art

The intriguing rock art from the Alaskan rock shelters of Tuxedni and Clam Cove…

Issue 27/Features/Jordan

Great Arab Revolt Project

The Great Arab Revolt Project, the CWA-backed excavation, is in its second season. Here the team tells of the latest results…

Issue 27/Features/USA

University of Pennsylvannia Museum

Richard Hodges remembers his first encounter with the University of Pennsylvania Museum…

Issue 27/Features/Turkey

Nemrut Dag

The 1st century BC site of the local dynast, Antiochus I, who ruled a small but wealthy kingdom in south-east Turkey called…

Issue 27/Polynesia

Earliest Remote Pacific Colonists Identified

Will isotope analysis reveal the origins of skeletons found in the earliest known cemetery in the Pacific…

Issue 27/Spain

Hair Colour of Neanderthals Revealed

DNA evidence suggests that Neanderthals may have had red hair…

Issue 27/USA

What Native Americans Origins?

Analysis on DNA evidence of Native American populations…

Issue 27/Russia

St Petersburg: World Heritage Site at Risk

St Petersburg's historic skyline is under threat from development. Energy giant Gazprom wants to build a giant 396m tower to house its…

Issue 27/Books/India/Iran

Mughal Emperors and the Islamic Dynasties of India, Iran and Central Asia, The

Ever since the 17th century, Mughal emperors have had a stronger hold on the world’s imagination than any other eastern rulers –…

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