Aristotle’s Lyceum to Become
Open-Air Museum
The site of the gymnasium where Aristotle conducted his classes during the fourth century BC is to be covered with a six million dollar roof that will protect the remains of the buildings from the elements and turn the site into an outdoor museum.
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The ruins of the school of Aristotle, Athens.Photo: Associated Press.
 
Hellenistic Bronze Masterpiece
on Display Again
Following eight years of careful restoration work, the large bronze statue Minerva of Arezzo, which dates to the 3rd century BC, has been placed back on display in the Museum of Florence.
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The Minerva of Arezzo following its recent conservation. Photo: Museo Archeologico, Florence.
 
Herculaneum Amazon Head
Remodelled by Laser
The painted head of an Amazon warrior, discovered in the ruins of Herculaneum in 2006, has recently been scanned by lasers and digitally remodelled to recreate parts of the bust which had been smashed and chipped, and allowing archaeologists a better understanding of the context in which the marble statue would originally have been displayed.
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Laser scanned image of Amazon head from Herculaneum. Photo: courtesy of Mark Williams, WMG.
 
Large Rescue Excavation Planned
at Seimareh Dam, Iran
The Iranian Center for Archaeological Research is currently planning a huge excavation project, consisting of more than 40 teams of archaeologists, in the Seimareh Valley which is due to be drowned when the newly constructed reservoir is flooded in the near future.
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The Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae, Fars province, Iran. Photo: Mark Merrony.
 
The Curse of the Mummy and Other Mysteries of Ancient Egypt / Charlotte Booth
As Witnessed By Images: The Trojan War - Tradition in Greek and Etruscan Art / Steven Lowenstam
Good Impressions: Image and Authority in Medieval Seals / Edited by Noël Adams John Cherry & James Robinson
International Phaistos Disk Conference 2008 - Abstracts
Focus on Iraq - Looting the National Museum of Iraq / Dr Jerome M. Eisenberg
The following articles appear
in Volume 20 no.4  the
JUL/AUG 2009 issue of MINERVA
 
The Flavians at the Colosseum / Dalu Jones
Life Before the Romans: Recent Research in Hellenistic Palmyra / Andreas Schmidt-Colinet
Caratacus and the End of Celtic Britain / James Beresford
Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence / Mark Merrony
A Descent into the Underworld / Peter A. Clayton
Roman Baalbek and Palmyra: Between the Desert and the Deep Green Baize / Mark Merrony
Great Military Leaders of Antiquity / Murray Eiland
Lost Rings of the Legion: Thirty Years of Caerleon’s Gemstones / James Beresford
The Great Wall Revisited / Murray Eiland

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