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The Global Heritage Industry and
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As we go to press there is no doubt that the world is plunging into an unprecedented economic recession. For those of us who are fortunate enough to be working in the sphere of heritage there is cautious optimism to think that we may have bucked the trend.
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Unique Natufian Burial
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In the lower western Galilee region of Israel, an Israeli team lead by archaeologist Dr Leore Grosman of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem recently unearthed an unusual female burial in the small cave of Hilazon Tachtit.
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Ancient Chariot Discovered
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In November, working under the direction of Veselin Ignatov based at the Historical Museum in Nova Zagora, archaeologists discovered a well-preserved and lavishly ornamented bronze-plated wooden chariot. The discovery was made in an ancient Thracian tomb, near the village of Karanovo in south-eastern Bulgaria, and dates to the end of the 2nd century AD.
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| INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PHAISTOS DISK |
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Following this Minerva sponsored event, we are pleased to make available some abstracts from papers associated with the conference. This content will remain freely available to our web users under our Special Focus section. Many thanks to all who contributed to the discussion and debate that made the event such a success. Click here to view the abstracts page.
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The Phaistos Disk |
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The following articles appear
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Volume 20 no.1 the
JAN/FEB 2009 issue of MINERVA
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| Buddhist Gandhara: Legends, Monasteries, and Paradise / Murray Eiland |
|  | | Babylon: Between Myth and Reality / Irving Finkel and Michael Seymour |
| | | Beyond Babylon at the Met: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium BC / Jerome M. Eisenberg |
| | | Terracottas and Demons in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt / Donald M. Bailey |
| | | Report on the International Phaistos Disk Conference / Jerome M. Eisenberg |
| | | The Etruscans in Latium / Dalu Jones |
| | | Julius Caesar: The Man, the Deeds, the Myth / Dalu Jones |
| | | All in a Life’s Work: The Mosaics of Jordan / Mark Merrony |
| | | How the Mighty Fall: The Fate of Roman Emperors / David Miller |
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Founder, Editor-In-Chief & Publisher
Jerome M. Eisenberg, Ph.D.
Editor
Dr Mark Merrony
Consulting Editor
Peter A. Clayton |
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