MAY/JUNE 2023 * VOLUME 76, NUMBER 3 CONTENTS FEATURES 24 A recently discovered multicolored mosaic in Baiae, Italy 24 LOST ROMAN RESORT In the Bay of Naples, miles of ruins recall the splendor of ancient imperial holidays BY SAMIR S. PATEL 32 REUSING THE PAST Archaeologists discover how an embattled Assyrian king fortified Nineveh BY BENJAMIN LEONARD 34 PERU'S GREAT URBAN EXPERIMENT A millennium ago, the ChimĂș built a new way of life in the vast city of Chan Chan BY JARRETT A. LOBELL 44 RITUALS OF THE CATTLE RAIDERS Rock art in the mountains of South Africa tells the story of how the Khoe and San peoples resisted enslavement BY MUNYARADZI MAKONI 48 THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE How an ingenious royal official transformed Persian conquerors into proper Egyptian pharaohs BY DANIEL WEISS Cover: A diver explores a Roman mosaic in the submerged ancient resort town of Baiae, Italy. PHOTO: Edoardo ruspantini archaeology.org 1http://www.archaeology.org