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The following book reviews were published in the printed AJA only and are available for purchase on JSTOR. For more information, see access options<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts<\/a> (pp. 281–282)
\n\tBy Andrew Robinson
\n\tReviewed by Dorie Reents-Budet<\/p>\n

Trepanation: History, Discovery, Theory<\/a> (pp. 282–283)
\n\tBy Robert Arnott, Stanley Finger, and C.U.M. Smith
\n\tReviewed by Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien<\/p>\n

Gnesis of the Pharaohs: Dramatic New Discoveries Rewrite the Origins of Ancient Egypt<\/a> (pp. 284–285)
\n\tBy Toby Wilkinson 
\n\tReviewed by Stuart Tyson Smith<\/p>\n

Ηρ\u03ceες και Ηρ\u03ceα της Αρχ\u03acιας Μεσσ\u03aeνης by Petros Themelis; Ηρ\u03ceες της Αρχ\u03acιας Μεσσ\u03aeνης <\/a> (p. 286)
\n\tBy Petros Themelis 
\n\tReviewed by Christina A. Salowey<\/p>\n

Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece<\/a> (pp. 287–288)
\n\tBy Gloria Ferrari 
\n\tReviewed by Timothy J. McNiven<\/p>\n

Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology and Ritual of Ancient Greek Secret Cults<\/a> (pp. 288–289)
\n\tBy Michael B. Cosmopoulos 
\n\tReviewed by Lynn E. Roller<\/p>\n

The Hunt in Ancient Greece<\/a> (pp. 289–291)
\n\tBy Judith M. Barringer 
\n\tReviewed by Kristine Gex<\/p>\n

The Maussolleion at Halikarnassos. Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum. Vol. 5, The Superstructure: A Comparative Analysis of the Architectural, Sculptural, and Literary Evidence<\/a> (pp. 291–292)
\n\tBy Kristian Jeppesen
\n\tReviewed by Anne Marie Carstens<\/p>\n

The Votive Statues of the Athenian Acropolis<\/a> (pp. 292–294)
\n\tBy Katherine Keesling
\n\tReviewed by R. Ross Holloway<\/p>\n

The Holkham Collection of Classical Sculptures<\/a> (pp. 294–295)
\n\tBy Elizabeth Angelicoussis 
\n\tReviewed by Elizabeth Bartman<\/p>\n

Die Lekane: Typologie und Chronologie einer Leitform der Attischen Gebrauchskeramik des 6.–1 Jahrhunderts v. Chr.<\/a> (pp. 295–296)
\n\tBy Gundula Lüdorf 
\n\tReviewed by Susan I. Rotroff <\/p>\n

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Deutschland, Beiheft 1: Vasenforschung und Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum-Standortbestimmung und Perspektiven<\/a> (pp. 296–297)
\n\tBy M. Bentz and P. Zanker 
\n\tReviewed by Elizabeth Moignard<\/p>\n

Regional Epigraphic Catalogues of Asia Minor. Vol. 4, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the Konya Archaeological Museum<\/a> (pp. 297–299)
\n\tBy B.H. McLean 
\n\tReviewed by Nicholas P. Milner<\/p>\n

The Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima Excavation Reports. Vol. 5, The Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima<\/a> (pp. 299–300)
\n\tBy Clayton Miles Lehmann and Kenneth G. Holum 
\n\tReviewed by Jean-Baptiste Yon<\/p>\n

The Ancient Art of Emulation: Studies in Artistic Originality and Tradition from the Present to Classical Antiquity<\/a> (pp. 300–301)
\n\tBy Elaine K. Gazda 
\n\tReviewed by William A.P. Childs<\/p>\n

Compter avec des cailloux: Le Calcul elementaire sur l'abaque chez les anciens Grecs<\/a> (pp. 301–302)
\n\tBy Alain Schärlig 
\n\tReviewed by Serafina Cuomo<\/p>\n

The Emergence of State Identities in Italy in the First Millennium BC<\/a> (pp. 302–304)
\n\tBy E. Herring and K. Lomas
\n\tReviewed by Franco de Angelis<\/p>\n

Travel and Geography in the Roman Empire<\/a> (pp. 304–306)
\n\tBy Colin Adams and Ray Laurence 
\n\tReviewed by Susan P. Mattern-Parkes<\/p>\n

The Roman Port and Fishery of Cosa: A Short Guide<\/a> (p. 306)
\n\tBy Anna Marguerite McCann 
\n\tReviewed by Robert L. Hohlfelder<\/p>\n

Bathing in Public in the Roman World<\/a> (pp. 307–308)
\n\tBy Garrett G. Fagan 
\n\tReviewed by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow<\/p>\n

Monumenti Musei e Gallerie Pontificie, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, cataloghi. Vol. 5, Bronzi a figure umana<\/a> (pp. 308–310)
\n\tBy Cristina Cagianelli
\n\tReviewed by Helen Nagy<\/p>\n

Bronzi antichi del Museo Archeologico di Padova<\/a> (pp. 308–310)
\n\tBy Girolamo Zampieri and Beniamino Lavarone
\n\tReviewed by Helen Nagy<\/p>\n

Inscriptions latines d'Aquitaine: Lectoure<\/a> (pp. 310–311)
\n\tBy Georges Fabre and Pierre Sillières 
\n\tReviewed by Simon Esmonde Cleary<\/p>\n

Επιδα\u03cdρος Τα Γλυπτ\u03ac των Ρομα\u03caκ\u03ceν Χρον\u03ceν απ\u03cc το Ιερ\u03cc του Απ\u03ccλλονος Μαλε\u03acτα και του Ασκλεπ\u03afου<\/a> (pp. 311–313)
\n\tBy Stylianos E. Katakis 
\n\tReviewed by Mary C. Sturgeon<\/p>\n

Corpus vasorvm arretinorvm: A Catalogue of the Signatures, Shapes and Chronology of Italian Sigillata<\/a> (pp. 313–314)
\n\tBy August Oxé and Howard Comfort 
\n\tReviewed by Kathleen Warner Slane <\/p>\n

The Roman Textile Industry and Its Influence: A Birthday Tribute to John Peter Wild<\/a> (pp. 314–315)
\n\tBy Penelope Walton, Lisa Bender Jorgensen, and Antoinette Rast-Eicher 
\n\tReviewed by Judith Lynn Sebesta<\/p>\n

Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs: The Coptic Orthodox Church<\/a> (pp. 315–317)
\n\tBy Jill Kamil
\n\tReviewed by Penelope Wilson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following book reviews were published in the printed AJA only and are available for purchase on JSTOR. For more information, see access options. Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts (pp. 281–282) By Andrew Robinson Reviewed by Dorie Reents-Budet Trepanation: History, Discovery, Theory (pp. 282–283) By Robert Arnott, Stanley Finger, and C.U.M. 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