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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON THE PHAISTOS DISK |
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31 October – 1 November 2008
At the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly
Organised and sponsored by
Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology
CALL FOR PAPERS pdf link (opens in new window)
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The Phaistos Disk |
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The Phaistos Disk Debate
Reignites in Spectacular Fashion |
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Amid the overwhelming international publicity that the Phaistos Disk is currently generating, a broad cross section of those who have entered the debate are calling for the authorities of the Herakleion Museum in Crete to allow the Disk to be TL (thermoluminescence) tested. The time is now ripe for this test to be implemented and allow scientific truth to end this debate once and for all.
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The Phaistos Disk |
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Hellenistic City Discovered
in Palmyra, Syria |
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Excavators have recently unearthed the fascinating remains of Hellenistic Palmyra in Syria. Until now, the only evidence for the existence of this settlement was known from historical texts. The current investigation provides a unique opportunity to analyse the transition from the Hellenistic period to the time of the Roman Empire by studying the settlement structures that have been uncovered over a wide area.
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Hellenistic Palmyra under excavation. Photo: © Schmidt-Colinet. |
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The Mystery of the
Messiah Tablet |
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The new article - Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection, by Ethan Bronner in The New York Times has drawn public attention to the recent stir in biblical and archaeological circles caused by the controversial inked inscription on a 92cm stone tablet. This was apparently found in the Dead Sea area of Jordan in 2000, and dates to the decades before Christ. The 87 lines of Hebrew, written in two columns, mention a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days. Naturally, this has stimulated a re-evaluation of how Jesus is perceived.
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‘Dead Sea’inscription on a stone tablet,c. 1st century BC.Photo:ZevRadovan/www.BibleLand-Pictures.com. |
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The following articles appear in the
SEP/OCT 2008
issue of MINERVA |
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| Egyptian Queens in Monaco / Jerome M. Eisenberg |
|  | | The Phaistos Disk: A 100-Year-Old Hoax? Addenda, Corrigenda, and Comments. / Jerome M. Eisenberg |
| | | The Eye of Josephine / Peter A. Clayton |
| | | Santorini & The Big Bang of the Minoan Bronze Age / Mark Merrony |
| | | The City of Jiaohe: Mudbrick Wonder of Ancient China / Ray Dunning |
| | | All Roads Lead to Rome / Femke Hameetman & Willemijn van Drunen |
| | | Roman Sirmium: City of the Tetrarchs / Ivana Popovic |
| | | Roman Tunisia: Scientifically Populating an Ancient Landscape / Mohamed Ben Jeddou |
| | | The Spring 2008 Antiquities Sales / Jerome M. Eisenberg |
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Editor-in-Chief
Dr Mark Merrony
Editor
Dr James Beresford
Publisher
Myles Poulton
Managing Editor
Sophie Mackenzie
Art Director
Nick Riggall
Designers
Lyndon Williams
Debra Foster
Editorial Associate
Georgina Read
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