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We think of chemical weapons as one of the horrifying features of modern warfare. We might assume that it all started with the First World War. But did it?
Our cover feature investigates the gruesome evidence of a stack of bodies discovered inside a siege tunnel at the ancient Syrian frontier city of Dura-Europos. How did they come to be here? Using 'CSI' techniques, Simon James' stunning conclusion is that around 20 Roman soldiers were gassed to death by their Persian enemies. Turn to page 20 for the full and unexpected story of Romans versus Persians.
From the terrifying we then move to the sublime with an article on the archaeology of the beatific Caribbean island of Carriacou. The excavators describe it as an

Issue 38

CWA 38

We think of chemical weapons as one of the horrifying features of modern warfare.  We might assume that it all started with…

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Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind

Chronologically speaking, prehistory covers more than 95% of the time that humans have inhabited planet earth, although it is only in the…

Issue 38/Books

Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy

John Hale is an archaeologist at the University of Kentucky in Louisville with an impressive dossier of field experience at sites both…

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The Old Ships of the New Gate Yenikapi’nan Eski Gemilerl

I got so excited when I first heard about the finds made at Yenikapı, the ancient harbour to the south of Istanbul’s…

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Les Celtes: De L’âge du Fer

I have a great job: as Reviews Editor at the journal Antiquity, books on subjects ranging from early hominins to today’s car…

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Rethinking the Human Revolution

I chose this book because it covers one of the most interesting and important periods of human prehistory, the origins and expansion…

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Anyang, The first Chinese Civilization

CWA takes a look at the Late Shang Dynasty palace and funerary complex…

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