September/OctOber 2016
VOlume 69, Number 5
CONTENTS
features
26 Romans on the
Bay of Naples
A spectacular villa under Positano
sees the light
BY MARCO MEROLA
32 Royal Sherwood
A long-overlooked site, the excesses
of English royalty, and the origin
of a legend
BY KATE RAVILIOUS
38 Worlds Within Us
Pulled from an unlikely source,
ancient microbial DNA represents a
new frontier in the study of the
past-and modern health
BY SAMIR S. PATEL
44 A Splendid Failure
The wreck of CSS Georgia, a unique
Civil War relic, emerges from
Savannah's harbor
BY MARION BLACKBURN
50 A New View of the
Birthplace of the
Olympics
Taking an innovative approach to
one of ancient architecture's most
intriguing questions
BY JARRETT A. LOBELL
26 An Italian archaeologist removes volcanic
debris in an ancient Roman villa underneath
the town square of Positano, Italy.
Cover: Stunning frescoes and molded
plaster figures cover the walls of a newly
re-excavated Roman seaside villa in
Positano, Italy.
PHOTO: Marco Merola
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Archaeology Magazine - September/October 2016