January/February 2022 - Archaeology Magazine

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Table of Contents January/February 2022

FEATURES

Top 10 Discoveries of 2021

ARCHAEOLOGY magazine reveals the year’s most exciting finds

At Face Value

Researchers are using new scientific methods to investigate how artists in Roman Egypt customized portraits for the dead

Under the Holy City

A long-running excavation in Jerusalem unearths evidence for two of the city’s least-known eras

A Brush With Genius

An unprecedented find in central China brings to life the early years of a master calligrapher

Turning Salt Into Gold

In the Austrian Alps, generations of miners toiled to extract the ancient world’s most valuable resource

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DEPARTMENTS

Digs & Discoveries

The Roots of Violence
Tamil Royal Palace
Cave Fit for a King...or a Hermit
Burn Notice
Russian River Silver
New Neighbors
Viking Roles
A Ride Through the Countryside
Japan's Genetic History
Off the Grid

Around the World

Uncovering a whisky distillery, the first Azoreans, Chinese mummy genetics, and an ancient hangover cure

Letter from the Galapagos Islands

Archaeologists uncover the remote archipelago’s forgotten human history

Artifact

Opener to interpretation

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