The 6th century BC temple on the Greek island Despotiko is not what you might expect: the shrine boasts an enormous dining facility, and is surrounded by a large number of statues. Excavation on this idyllic little uninhabited island has also revealed evidence of an earlier temple \u2013 and a rather unnerving statuette of a goddess with wild, staring eyes.<\/p>\n
Sidon appears in the Old and the New Testaments, in Homer\u2019s Odyssey, and in inscriptions from Phoenicia to Assyria. But what of its archaeological record? We reveal more than 5,000 years of continuous, often turbulent, occupation from 4th millennium settlers and traders to brutal medieval Crusaders.<\/p>\n
The first clues of structures on the imperial estate at Vagnari in the depths of the Puglian countryside were a bit of an enigma. What could they be, built in the middle of nowhere? The answer is a winery, one capable of wine production on a truly industrial scale.<\/p>\n
Rapidly falling sea levels during the Last Glacial Maximum created a land bridge between two continents, enabling humans to make their way from Siberia into the Americas. New studies show that, far from being a frozen wasteland, this zone \u2013 called Beringia \u2013 provided an environmental safe haven, and cores from the now submerged landscape provide convincing dates for human occupation.<\/p>\n
How long did it take for groups to make their way down through the Americas? Dates obtained from rock art in the Piau\u00ed region of Brazil may throw the cat among the pigeons. Results suggest a human presence here some 10,000 years earlier than previously thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IN THIS ISSUE
\n– GREECE: Despotiko An early Greek temple
\n– LEBANON: Sidon Unravelling the story of a legendary city
\n– ITALY: Vagnari Is this the winery of Rome\u2019s greatest landowner?
\n– BERINGIA: Beringian Standstill The story of crossing continents
\n– BRAZIL: Making their mark Interpreting clues left by early settlers in the rock shelters of Piau\u00ed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":831,"template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"","site-sidebar-style":"","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[346],"product_tag":[25],"class_list":["post-1942","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-back-issue-current-world-archaeology","product_tag-current-world-archaeology","desktop-align-center","tablet-align-center","mobile-align-center","ast-product-gallery-layout-first-image-large","ast-product-gallery-with-no-image","ast-magnify-disabled","ast-product-tabs-layout-distributed","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076.jpg",1000,1303,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076-230x300.jpg",230,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076-768x1001.jpg",768,1001,true],"large":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076-786x1024.jpg",786,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076.jpg",1000,1303,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076.jpg",1000,1303,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076-300x400.jpg",300,400,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076-600x782.jpg",600,782,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/cwa076-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"IN THIS ISSUE - GREECE: Despotiko An early Greek temple - LEBANON: Sidon Unravelling the story of a legendary city - ITALY: Vagnari Is this the winery of Rome\u2019s greatest landowner? 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