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Wright</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506517">Cultural Identity and Archaeology: The Construction of European Communities</a> (pp. 404–405)<br /> Edited by Paul Graves-Brown, Siân Jones, and Clive Gamble<br /> Reviewed by Peter S. Wells</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506518">Ancient Egyptian Medicine</a> (pp. 405–406)<br /> By John F. Nunn<br /> Reviewed by Marshall Joseph Becker</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506519">Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt</a> (pp. 406–407)<br /> By Werner Forman and Stephen Quirke<br /> Reviewed by Terry G. Wilfong</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506520">Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes in the Early Iron Age</a> (407–408)<br /> Edited by Jeannine Davis-Kimball, Vladimir A. Bashilov, and Leonid T. Yablonsky<br /> Reviewed by Charles C. 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Chr.</a> (pp. 420–421)<br /> By Hans Eschebach and Lisalotte Eschebach<br /> Reviewed by Penelope M. Allison</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506532">La villa rustica in località Villa Regina a Boscoreale</a> (pp. 421–422)<br /> By Stefano de Caro<br /> Reviewed by Paolo Carafa</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506533">Roman Mold-Blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries</a> (pp. 422–423)<br /> By E. Marianne Stern<br /> Reviewed by David Whitehouse</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506534">Sabas, Leader of Palestinian Monasticism: A Comparative Study in Eastern Monasticism, Fourth to Seventh Centuries</a> (pp. 423–424)<br /> By Joseph Patrich<br /> Reviewed by Yizhar Hirschfeld</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506535">Vases and Volcanoes: Sir William Hamilton and His Collection</a> (pp. 424–425)<br /> By Ian Jenkins and Kim Sloan<br /> Reviewed by David W.J. Gill</p> <h2>Book Notes</h2> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506536">Whither Archaeology? Papers in Honour of Evz虇en Neustupný</a> (p. 426)<br /> Edited by Martin Kuna and Natalie Venclová<br /> Reviewed by Michael Fotiadis</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506537">The Living Fields: Our Agricultural Heritage</a> (pp. 426–427)<br /> By Jack R. Harlan<br /> Reviewed by Glynis Jones</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506538">Mycenaean Civilization: A Research Guide</a> (pp. 427–428)<br /> By Bryan Feuer<br /> Reviewed by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506538">Staat, Herrschaft, Gesellschaft in frühgriechischer Zeit: Eine Bibliographie 1978–1991/92</a> (pp. 427–428)<br /> By Birgitta Eder<br /> Reviewed by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506538">Studies in Mycenaean Inscriptions and Dialect 1979</a> (pp. 427–428)<br /> Edited by Elizabeth Sikkenga<br /> Reviewed by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506539">La Salle hypostyle d</a><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506539">’</a><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506539">Argos</a> (p. 428)<br /> By Jean-François Bommelaer and Jacques des Courtils<br /> Reviewed by Nancy L. Klein</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506540">Die Pracht der Latrine: Zum Wandel öffentlicher Bedürfnisanstalten in der kaiserzeitlichen Stadt</a> (pp. 428–429)<br /> By Richard Neudecker<br /> Reviewed by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506541">The End of Paganism in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire: The Example of the Mithras Cult</a> (p. 429)<br /> By Eberhard Sauer<br /> Reviewed by Alison B. Griffith</p> <p><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/506542">Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History</a> (pp. 429–430)<br /> By Roger S. 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