January/February 2015 Volume 68, number 1 CONTENTS features 24 Top 10 Discoveries of 2014 ArchAeology's editors reveal the year's most compelling finds 32 America's First War Uncovering evidence of a little known colonial-era conflict that forever altered the dynamics of Native American and European relations in North America BY JASON URBANUS 38 Beyond the Pharaohs More than a century after its discovery, a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings is yielding new insights into who was buried in this elite necropolis BY DANIEL WEISS 42 Shipwreck Alley From wood to steel, from sail to steam, from early pioneers to established industry, the history of the Great Lakes can be found deep beneath Thunder Bay BY SAMIR S. PATEL 48 Gaul After the Romans A cemetery in northwestern France is beginning to expand our knowledge of the emergence of the Merovingian dynasty BY JARRETT A. LOBELL 52 A Buddhist monk walks through a site known as the "Bat Cave" high atop the plateau of Phnom Kulen in Cambodia. Cover: A quartzite staute of the pharaoh Amenhotep III from Luxor, Egypt PhoTo: © KenneTh gArreTT 1