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The Credit Crunch and the
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The present Credit Crunch has parallels with the Roman economy in the 3rd century AD. There is strong evidence to suggest that both crises were caused by the invasions of Iraq. As the global economy eventually begins its protracted healing process it can only be hoped that the cause and effect lessons embedded in social sciences will be more fully embraced in the arena of future global relations.
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victory over the Roman emperors by Philip the Arab Photo: Mark Merrony. |
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Earliest & Largest Stone Age
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The international, multidisciplinary Gobero Archaeological Project, funded notably by the National Geographic Society, the American National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and Arizona State University, recently excavated 67 burials in the central area of the Gobero site complex in the Sahara.
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Colossal Heads of Faustina and
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Working under the direction of Dr Marc Waelkens (the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), archaeologists recently discovered the colossal heads of the Roman empress Faustina, wife of the emperor Antoninus Pius (r. AD 138-61), and Marcus Aurelius (r. AD 161-169) while conducting seasonal fieldwork at Sagalassos in Turkey. This exciting new find was made almost a year after the discovery of the remains of a colossal (c. 5m) statue of Hadrian (r. AD 117-138) at a spot about 6m away in the frigidarium (cold pool).
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discovered at Sagalassos, Turkey |
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Excavations Resume at Caerleon
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Cardiff University and University College London are currently undertaking a campaign of archaeological excavations and geophysical surveys in Caerleon to continue the investigation of the remains of Isca, the Second Augustan Legion’s permanent fortress in Britain. The project is directed by Dr Peter Guest (Cardiff University) and Dr Andrew Gardner (UCL) under the sponsorship of Cadw, the National Roman Legion Museum, and members of the Caerleon Research Committee.
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The following articles appear in the
NOV/DEC 2008
issue of MINERVA |
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| Tutankhamun in Atlanta / Peter Lacovara |
|  | | Faces from the Past: Mummy Portraits from Ancient Egypt / Peter A. Clayton |
| | | Pompeii & the Roman Villa: Art & Culture in the Bay of Naples / Carol M. Mattusch |
| | | The Imperial Fora Rediscovered / Dalu Jones |
| | | Byzantium at the Royal Academy / Robin Cormack |
| | | Ancient Jewellery of the Middle East / Bianca Maria Zonta |
| | | Bingling Si: the Hidden Treasure of Gansu / Ray Dunning |
| | | Airaq Al-Amir: the Jewish Estate of the Tobiads in Hellenistic Jordan / Stephen Rosenberg |
| | | The Drapers’ Gardens Roman Hoard / Neil Hawkins & Jonathan Butler |
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Dr Mark Merrony
Editor
Dr James Beresford
Publisher
Myles Poulton
Managing Editor
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