Issue 104/Travel Travel: Digging in Permafrost It was a typical summer day: birds, boats, sea, and ice. The difference was, the birds were Arctic geese, the boats were…
Albania/Issue 104/Travel Richard Hodges: The Death of Pan The Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha was obsessed with defending his ‘paradise on earth’. He feared invasion by NATO troops using a combination…
Features/Issue 104 Special Report: AI and ancient languages A new tool, launched this year on the anniversary of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, offers a novel high-tech way to…
Features/Iraq/Issue 104/Object Lesson Sumerian Plaque This low-relief limestone carving, dating to c.2400 BC, formed part of a larger votive wall plaque in a Sumerian temple in southern…
Easter Island/Features/Issue 104/Rapanui Ruins on Rapa Nui On the south coast of the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a dozen or more fallen statues (moai) lie slumped…
Features/Issue 104 Tantra Tantra’s appeal has proven remarkably broad. What began on the margins of Indian society went on to command the patronage of royalty…
Features/Issue 104/Turkey Discovering Roman mosaics When hotel construction work unearthed extraordinary mosaics, the owners decided to create a new archaeological park. It showcases what is believed to…