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CONTENTS 16 FE ATURE S 16 Cova Dones A surprising Palaeolithic cave-art site 22 Japan’s royal tombs Burial mounds and Korean connections in the 3rd to 8th centuries AD 28 Surveying Khirbet al-Khalde Global trade and ancient mobility in southern Jordan 22 t 222 4 CURRENTWORLDARCHAEOLOGY 28 Issue 123

February/M arch 2024 Volume 11 | Number 3 REGUL ARS UPFRONT 3 EDITOR’S LETTER 6 NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 10 NEWS FOCUS Let the sun shine in! 12 CHARLES HIGHAM What the emissary saw 14 HORIZON Objects in the ice T R AV EL 36 ANGELO PANTONI’S EXCAVATIONS AT MONTE CASSINO Richard Hodges untangles the early evolution of the famed Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino 46 JAILHOUSE ROCKS Carly Hilts explores the archaeological echoes of Australia’s earliest colonists CULT UR E 52 MUSEUM A new exhibition at the Met examines the connections between medieval Africa and Byzantium 54 REVIEWS Facing the Sea of Sand: the Sahara and the peoples of northern Africa; The Folds of Olympus: mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman culture; Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: a new history of the Ancient Near East; Archaeolog y in Antarctica 58 RUBINA RAJA & SØREN SINDBÆK Machine learning 60 SPECIAL REPORT Antler combs uncover Viking Age connections 62 CHRIS CATLING Stone tools, space dust, and sacramental ash 64 FORUM Letters, crossword, cartoon 66 OBJECT LESSON Shark-tooth blades www.world-archaeology.com 36 9 52 666666 CURRENTWORLDARCHAEOLOGY 5

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FE ATURE S 16 Cova Dones

A surprising Palaeolithic cave-art site

22 Japan’s royal tombs Burial mounds and Korean connections in the 3rd to 8th centuries AD

28 Surveying Khirbet al-Khalde Global trade and ancient mobility in southern Jordan

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