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New Acropolis Museum Intensifies
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On 21 June the Acropolis Museum, designed by Franco-Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, finally opened to much media attention. The inclusion of a gallery to house the Parthenon sculptures has also intensified the debate as to whether the marbles removed by Lord Elgin, and cultural treasures more generally, should be returned to the lands of their origin.
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Artistic projection of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. |
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Large Roman Cave-Quarry
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A vast cave, less than five kilometres from Jericho, has recently been discovered by an archaeological team from Haifa University. Although the cave appears to have been an underground quarry, carvings on the walls and supporting pillars of the cavern indicate that it may also have been used as an early Christian religious site.
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The interior of the cave discovered near Jericho. Photo: courtesy of Moshe Einva |
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The Lod Mosaic to be Re-excavated
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It has recently been announced that the 3rd century AD Lod mosaic, one of the most spectacular mosaics ever discovered in Israel, is to be re-excavated and conserved, and will become the focus of a purpose-built heritage centre at the site.
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Roman mosaic at Lod in Israel, 3rd century AD.Photo: Niki Davidov, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority. |
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Thieves Continue to Target
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Albanian authorities have reported that a gang of looters broke into the Apollonia archaeological park, searching for funerary goods and other ancient artefacts which could then be sold on the international antiquities markets.
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Facade of the 2nd century AD bouleuterion which stands in the heart of Graeco-Roman Apollonia. |
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The following articles appear in the
SEP/OCT 2009
issue of MINERVA |
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| Egypt at Trento / Dalu Jones |
|  | | The Chimaera at the Getty / Mark Merrony |
| | | Daily Life in Ancient Greece / Lina Christopoulou |
| | | The Boar in Antiquity / Dalu Jones |
| | | Roman Villas in Britain / Bryn Walters and Grahame Soffe |
| | | A World-Beating Mosaic Corpus / Mark Merrony |
| | | The Seige of Amorium: History’s Tragedy; Archaeology’s Triumph / Chris Lightfoot |
| | | The Splendour of Genghis Khan / Arthur Cotterell |
| | | Moctezuma II: Man, Myth, and Empire / Leonardo López Luján, Colin McEwan, Elisenda Vila Llonch |
| | | The Art Fund and Antiquities / Peter A. Clayton |
| | | The Spring 2009 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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