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Issue 28

Golden Mycenae is one of the most famous ancient towns in the world, but how did it work? There is the Palace on its citadel and there are tombs surrounding it, yet how are they related? In the first of a two part feature, David Mason takes us to Mycenae, walking along the little-known roads to see Mycenae as the Mycenaeans saw it, with the Treasury of Atreus carefully placed for maximum impact. Thereafter, in the subsequent instalment, Andrew Selkirk leads us up onto the citadel and wonders where the ordinary Myceneans lived.
We follow Mycenae with an ancient mystery: how did the Egyptians make glass? The Egyptians held glass in high esteem, admiring its brilliance and shine. Inspired to learn more, Paul Nicholson began exploring the evidence at Tell el-Amarna, the capital of the 'heretic pharaoh' Akhenaten (1352-1336 BC). Amarna was planned as a 'new town' by Akhenaten and abandoned soon after his death. Consequently, the site offers a rare and significant snapshot of urban Egyptian life and industry at that time. In this feature, Nicholson takes us to his excavations in the industrial quarter of Amarna, and tells how his experiments with making glass furnaces have effectively shattered old interpretations of early glass-making.
Archaeology is the study of material culture, and very few materials

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Golden Mycenae is one of the most famous ancient towns in the world, but how did it work?   In the first…

Issue 28/Features/Turkey

Selge, Turkey

A visit to Selge, in Turkey, an impressive Graeco-Roman city that prospered until the 7th century AD…

Issue 28/Features/Greece

Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae

Unravelling the mystery of the location of the Treasury of Atreus - also known as the Tomb of Agamemnon - far from…

Issue 28/Celebrating World Heritage/Features/Greece

Magic of Mycenae

When we asked our readers if they had a favourite World Heritage Site, Mycenae was mentioned again and again. Featured in CWA…

Issue 28/Egypt/Features

Egypt’s Ancient Glass

Old interpretations of Egyptian glass-making are shattered by experiments and new excavations at Amarna…

Issue 28/Features

History of Corrugated Iron

Corrugated iron was a revolutionary building material. In these pages, the unusual history and scope of this valuable resource is considered…

Issue 28/Honduras

How Mayan Temples Glittered

Scientists have discovered the secret ingredient used in Mayan paint to make temples glitter in the sun…

Issue 28

Columbus Blamed for Spread of Syphilis to Europe

Scientists in the US have put forward a case for syphilis being transported to Europe from the Americas by returning sailors…

Issue 28/Mexico

New Thinking on Mayan child Sacrifice

Archaeologists from the University of Yucatan have found evidence for child sacridice being used to appease the gods…

Issue 28/Peru

Pre-Inca Iron Mine Found Intact

A 1st millenium AD iron mine has been discovered in the Ingenio Valley, southern Peru…

Issue 28/USA

Life at Harvard 1600s

Students at Harvard University are conducting excavations in their own back yard, in the grounds of Old College…

Issue 28/USA

Privy Digging Condemned

US heritage council tells amateur archaeologists to stop the uncontrolled digging of cesspits…

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