Antiquities in the Electrical Plant
Patricia Vigderman encounters startling contradictions in Rome
Hunting for Butterflies
Lewis Hyde talks butterflies, Buddhism, and the problem of the unforgettable
In Memoriam Colin McEwan
Digging into the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library: Spotlight on “Allegories of the Odyssey”
Zeus is destiny (and other keys to understanding Homer)
Surveying the Borderland
Patrick Mullins sees diversity, conflict, politics, and coca in an ancient frontier landscape
Tracking Ancient Immigration through Teeth
Gina Buckley looks for skeletal traces of elite and working-class immigration at Teotihuacan
Behind the Scenes: Time-Traveling to Seventeenth-Century Holland
Dutch Golden Age masterpiece loaned to Dumbarton Oaks
Peripheral Lands, Contested Histories
Zeynep Kezer studies Elazığ, Tunceli, and the making of modern Turkey from the margins
Eastern Knowledge, Latin Letters
John Mulhall finds medieval translators who sought to remedy Latin deficiency with Greek and Arabic texts
From Paradise to Pompeii
Annette Giesecke finds Near Eastern inspiration for luxurious ancient Roman gardens