China
China’s Sleeping Beauty: A landmark exhibition awakens the legacy of a Western Han Dynasty noblewoman, interactive feature (April 2009)- Digging Up China’s Best Exhibitions: Willow Weilan Hai Chang recalls her fondest memories excavating along the Yangtze River—and how they inspire her work at New York City’s China Institute Gallery, interview (February 2009)
- Beijing Street Scenes, photo essay (August 2008)
- Perspectives from Beijing, interview series (August 2008)
- Buddha’s “Golden Period”: An exhibition of Chinese sculpture sheds light on an overlooked history, exhibition review (October 2007)
Egypt
To Bury a Pharaoh: Met curator Dorothea Arnold takes a fresh look at the leftover materials from Tutankhamun’s mummification, interview (May 2010)- Priestess of Amun: An in-depth examination of Meresamun, an ancient Egyptian, and her world, interactive feature (February 2009)
Germany
- Tales from a Hilltop Castle: Freiherr Jürgen von Dörnberg shares centuries-old family stories passed down through the generations, interview (October 2008)
Greece and Rome
The Joy of Cretan Cooking, interview (November 2010)- Dynasty of Priestesses: A powerful female bloodline emerges from the Iron Age necropolis of Orthi Petra at Eleutherna on Crete, interactive feature (March 2010) and videos; story picked up by Fox News and USA Today
- Voyage to Crete: An online exploration of the island’s rich and varied archaeological and historical sites, travel blog (Summer 2009)
- Rome WAS Built in a Day! Using leftover pizza boxes and trash from the streets of New York, artist Liz Glynn constructs and sacks the ancient city, interview (May 2009)
Middle East
Inside the Israel Antiquities Authority: 48 Hours with the Jerusalem Division, interview series (August 2010)- Playing in the Sand: Martha Sharp Joukowsky discusses an adventurous and accomplished archaeological career, interview (May 2010)
- Picturing the Holy Land, travel blog (Summer 2009)
- The Art of Foreign Influence: An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum illuminates how interconnected the great powers of the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean world were, exhibition review (January 2009)
- Insight into the Soul: An inscribed stele from Zincirli, Turkey, illuminates Iron Age beliefs about the afterlife, feature story (November 2008)
And Beyond
- Archaeology as Modern Art? An exhibition at the Guggenheim reveals how archaeological sites, sacred temples, and ancient art served as sources of inspiration for 20th-century sculptor Isamu Noguchi, exhibition review (March 2009)
- Prison Break at Johnson’s Island, interview (October 2008) and videos
Videos: Archaeological Site Tours
