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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 • VOLUME 70, NUMBER 5
CONTENTS
44 Egyptian burial shroud at National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh
FEATURES
26 PAINTED WORLDS 44 TO DIE LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
Searching for the meaning of self-expression in the An ancient burial shroud offers insights into belief
land of the Moche and identity at the beginning of Roman-era Egypt
BY JARRETT A. LOBELL BY MARLEY BROWN
32 LOST KINGDOM OF THE 48 LANDSCAPE OF SECRETS
BRITONS Archaeologists confront painful memories of the
A doomed hillfort in far southwestern Scotland may Spanish Civil War
have been a royal stronghold BY SAMIR S. PATEL
BY DANIEL WEISS
38 THE HEIGHTS WE GO TO
The links among extreme environments, genetics,
and the human ability to adapt
BY KAREN COATES
COVER: A painted pillar at Pañamarca in northwestern
Peru depicts a priestess whose gesture suggests she is
part of a Moche sacred ceremony or sacrifice.
PHOTO: Courtesy Lisa Trever
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