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COUNTY MONAGHAN, IRELAND—According to a report in The Irish Times, parts of an American World War II fighter plane have been recovered in County Monaghan, near the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, by archaeology students…

SVISHTOV, BULGARIA—Archaeology in Bulgaria reports that the head from a small statue of a child dating to the third century A.D. and a chamber pot were unearthed at the site of the ancient city of Novae during excavations led by Pavlina Vladkova of…

WARSAW, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that the so-called Dry Moat, a ditch surrounding Saqqara’s Pyramid of Djoser, might have served as a 3-D model of what was believed to be a pharaoh’s difficult path to the afterlife through a series of…

Today, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute student, Aime Sohkhlet writes our blog… For most of my time on site, I have been working on area Q and as the two weeks passed by, I was slowly able… Continue reading →

123.3 Edited by Paolo Brocato and Nicola Terrenato (Paesaggi antichi 2). Pp. 185. Pellegrini, Cosenza, Italy 2016. €10.50. ISBN 978-88-6822-509-4 (paper). Reviewed by Aura PiccioniThis book, which is handy and intuitive to consult, collects…

Online Review ArticleThe two volumes under review present state-of-the-field publications analyzing one of the most important and foundational areas of Mycenaean studies: death and burial. Growing from pioneering work in the 19th century focused on…

123.3 ►By Barbara Barletta, with architectural analysis by William B. Dinsmoor, Jr., and observations by Homer A. Thompson (Ancient Art and Architecture in Context 4). Pp. 360, figs. 247, tables 2. American School of Classical Studies at…

123.3 Edited by Eleanor Betts. Pp. xvi + 227. Routledge, Abingdon, U.K. 2017. $165. ISBN 978-1-47244-629-9 (cloth).  Reviewed by Kimberly CassibryThis volume makes the Roman Empire seem both strange and exceptionally vivid. Consider the…

123.3 By Sebastián Celestino and Carolina López-Ruiz. Pp. xx + 368, b&w figs. 41, maps 10. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2016. $135. ISBN 978-0-19-967274-5 (cloth). Reviewed by Manuel Fernández-GötzOf the three large peninsulas of the…

ArticleIn the absence of extensive written sources, the history of the Macedonian kingdom prior to the reign of Philip II remains largely understudied. Yet, the archaeological record of the region, although primarily of funerary character, has much…

123.3 By Charles Stanish. Pp. xiv + 336. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2017. $110. ISBN 978-1-107-18055-0 (cloth). Reviewed by David S. BroseIn this volume, Stanish, an Andean archaeologist with an interest in prehistoric political…

123.3 By Werner Oenbrink (Dolichener und Kommagenische Forschungen 8, Asia Minor Studien 83). Pp. viii + 299. Dr. Rudolf Habelt, Bonn 2017. €79. ISBN 978-3-7749-4083-3 (cloth). Reviewed by Winfried HeldThe book deals with the architecture of…

123.3 By Brice L. Erickson. Pp. xxvi + 494, figs. 356, tables 32. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton 2018. $150. ISBN 978-0-87661-308-5 (cloth). Reviewed by Susan I. RotroffWells without houses, graves without grave…

123.3 By John K. Papadopoulos and Evelyn Lord Smithson (Agora 36). Pp. 1,120. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton 2017. $150. ISBN 978-0-87661-236-1 (cloth). Reviewed by Antonis KotsonasThe Greek Early Iron Age has…

ArticleSeveral surviving artifacts of Roman imperial date consist of two small plaques designed for connection by balks (rectangular beams) and cylindrical dowels. All but one of the surviving specimens are of ivory and were probably luxurious…

123.3 By Josephine C. Quinn. Pp. xxviii + 335. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2017. $35. ISBN 978-0-691-17527-0 (cloth). Reviewed by Fabio PorziaThis book is the latest in a series of contributions on the subject of Phoenician…

123.3 By Volker Michael Strocka (Asia Minor Studien 82). Pp. ix + 394. Dr. Rudolf Habelt, Bonn 2017. €85. ISBN 978-3-7749-4071-0 (cloth). Reviewed by Alice ChristThis monograph is motivated by the recent restoration of the only known dated…

Field ReportThe Late Bronze Age was a period of profound transformation on the island of Cyprus. Through investigations at the Maroni complex and at Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios—two urban centers in south-central Cyprus—the Kalavasos and Maroni Built…

123.3 By Alireza Askari Chaverdi and Pierfrancesco Callieri (BAR-IS 2870). Pp. 310. British Archaeological Reports, Oxford 2017. £56. ISBN 9781407316086 (paper).  Reviewed by Ali MousaviArchaeological fieldwork in Fars, the homeland of the…

123.3 By Richard Hingley. Pp. xvi + 383. Bloomsbury Academic, London 2018. $34.95. ISBN 978-1-3500-4729-7 (paper). Reviewed by John CreightonLondon is one of the most intensively excavated cities in the Roman world, yet three decades have…