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Issue 28 - Page 2

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

Issue 28

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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/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/Italy/Travel

Tuscany

Richard Hodges writes from Tuscany…

Issue 28/Travel/Yemen

Yemen: On Tour

CWA's editor Nadia Durrani take us on a tour through one of her favourite countries, Yemen…

Issue 28/Travel/Turkey

Update on Allianoi campaign

Nadia Durrani keeps us up to date on the campaign to save the Roman site of Allianoi…

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Issue 28/Books/Greece

Blue Guides

Guide books are essential for the visitor. I wanted to recommend the Blue Guides, which I have always found helpful, writes Andrew…

Issue 28/Books

Ancient Board Games

Though archaeological evidence is lacking, it is generally believed on other grounds that India is where the game of chess was invented…

Issue 28/Books/Middle East

Alexander’s Tomb

The final resting place of Alexander the Great is one of the famous unsolved mysteries of the ancient world. After he died…

Issue 28/Exhibition/Spain

Egypt’s Sunken Treasures

Egypt's sunken treasures; on tour in Yemen; a final plea to save Allianoi in Turkey…

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