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...almost perfect condition, created a sensation. A rumor spread through Mexico City that the workers had found the long-lost treasure of Moctezuma II, the ill-fated Aztec Emperor who was imprisoned by Cortées. But the find turned out to be even more important. Spurred by concerned archaeologists, the Mexican government authorized a systematic excavation of the old temple. During 4½ years of methodical work under the direction of Archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (no kin), the diggers uncovered all four of the Great Temple's sides, discovering that it was a far more complex structure than...
...dream that smacks of the optimism of the Enlightenment. Faith in the power of truth and knowledge holds a special place in American public life as much as in modern Jewish history. There is something anachronistic and quaint about Gavin's vision: What other archaeologist has such ambitions...
...widely known for her work with her husband, archaeologist Cornelius C. Vermeule III, on excavations in Greece. Turkey and Cyprus. Her latest book, "Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry," won the 1980 Philological Association's Charles J. Good win Award of Merit...
...Inca highway, part of the Royal Road that climbed and twisted more than 5,000 miles through the Andes. The town, with its 115 dwellings guarded by a hilltop fortress, probably served as "a pit stop for Incas traveling between Cuzco and Machu Picchu," says Ann Kendall, a British archaeologist who has spent 13 years studying the site. One thing is certain. Agriculture sufficient to support perhaps 5,000 people flourished at 8,000 ft. above sea level, on the high slopes of the valley of the churning Cusichaca River, a place that Kendall deems "the most beautiful...
Seven years later the Syrian government requested an archaeological team in a cultural exchange with Italy. In charge was Archaeologist Paolo Matthiae, 22. The intense young archaeologist decided to search for a settlement from the 2nd millennium B.C. that would reveal the urban roots of Western European culture. He had dated the broken basin to that era and discovered, near the farmer's field, the imposing Tell Mardikh with telltale pottery shards strewn across its surface. The dig began in 1964. What was found raised more questions, but no sensational finds-till four years later. Then, on a scorching...