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Reports on archeologist Saburo Sugiyama's discovery of a human burial site in Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Moon in Mexico. Description of the excavated skeleton of a male; Other artifacts found at the site.

Presents information on the church uncovered by a team of archaeologists in Aila, now known as Al Aqabah, Jordan. Team led by Thomas Parker of North Carolina State University; Their discovery of coins and pottery; Dating of the church; Historic importance it represents among discoveries of early Christian churches.

Discusses artifacts found at the archaeological site of the capital of Urkesh, which controlled vital copper trade routes in what is now northeastern Syria. Details about the findings of archaeologists Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati, including a cuneiform tablet and animal figures.

Presents brief details about a archaeological site in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico being excavated by archaeologist Catherine Cameron and university students. Mention of the Chacoan or Anasazi influence; What is indicated by pottery found at the site.

Reports the 1996 discovery at a construction site northeast of Mexico City of bones from mammoths. Study by archaeologist Luis Morett Alatorre and paleontologists Joaquin Arroyo Cabrales and Oscar J. Polaco; Discovery on the bones of marks that appear to have been made by humans; Other remains at the site.