Volume 15 / Number 2

1973

On The Cover: Based on the aerial view of Sarafand.

Vol. 15 / No. 2

By: Ronald Hicks

Stone and Other Henges

Stonehenge! The name conjures up visions of Druid priests assembling on Salisbury Plain to await sunrise on Midsummer’s Day. But […]

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Vol. 15 / No. 2

By: Brian I. Spooner

Afghan Carpets

Weavers and Dealers In the history of international trade. Oriental carpets are something of an anomaly. Although other exotic crafts […]

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Vol. 15 / No. 2

By: Lanny Bell

In the Tombs of the High Priests of Amun

Dira Abu el-Naga, located in the Theban Necropolis at Qurna, across the Nile from Luxor, was the burial place of […]

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Vol. 15 / No. 2

By: Michael M. Eisman

How a Greek Artist Once Painted Himself Into a Corner

I have been working on a study of the Attic kyathos, examining most of the extant examples of this small […]

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Vol. 15 / No. 2

By: Julian Whittlesey

Balloons, ‘Flying Mattresses,’ and Photography

Aerial photography has rapidly become one of the major weapons in the arsenal of the archaeologist. Man has left marks […]

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