Archaeology Magazine - July/August 2018
English | 72 pages | True PDF | 28.4 MB
English | 72 pages | True PDF | 28.4 MB
Even some of the world’s most famous buildings and cities have amazing new stories to tell. In this issue you will read about the surprising discovery of a treasure trove of artifacts from 700 years of Westminster Abbey’s history. You will learn of a massive cemetery in Athens where both conspirators and commoners were buried. You will be surprised by how the Maya of northern Guatemala may have been inspired by the pattern on the back of a crocodile to build the first Maya gridded city and by how the island nation of Haiti was once ruled by a charismatic king who built a splendid palace. And you will reflect reflect as you learn the final count of USS Indianapolis’ fallen heroes. Don’t miss the latest news, from the discovery of the only pair of Roman boxing gloves ever discovered to a samurai’s hoard of 260,000 bronze coins. In these stories—and so many more—this issue of Archaeology brings the past to life.