http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-ancient-pompeii-trash-tombs.html
Why are tombs at Pompeii mixed in with garbage dumps? A grad student from Cincinnati presents a paper at AIA on this question. It seems Pompeii did not have a centrally organized plan for disposing of waste.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Pompeii in Danger: UNESCO report
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Italy+allows+Unesco+into+Pompeii/25422
A report on the dangers to Pompeii includes the fact that once you get a job working at Pompeii, you keep it for life and you don't have to do much. Visitors to Pompeii can testify to this. Also, getting competent people--as opposed to someone's nephew--hired seems to be a problem. The report also documents the declining number of houses that are open to visitors: only 15 are open at all, and only 5 are always open. (It used to be 60.) Ironically, the most damage occurs to houses that are closed.
A report on the dangers to Pompeii includes the fact that once you get a job working at Pompeii, you keep it for life and you don't have to do much. Visitors to Pompeii can testify to this. Also, getting competent people--as opposed to someone's nephew--hired seems to be a problem. The report also documents the declining number of houses that are open to visitors: only 15 are open at all, and only 5 are always open. (It used to be 60.) Ironically, the most damage occurs to houses that are closed.
Mystery Solved (partially): Stonehenge bluestones
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/111222-stonehenge-bluestones-wales-match-glacier-ixer-ancient-science/
The "bluestones" at Stonehenge didn't come from anywhere nearby the henge itself. Now someone has found an outcropping of rock in Wales that exactly matches the bluestones.
All that remains is to figure out how the heck someone or something got them to Stonehenge.
The "bluestones" at Stonehenge didn't come from anywhere nearby the henge itself. Now someone has found an outcropping of rock in Wales that exactly matches the bluestones.
All that remains is to figure out how the heck someone or something got them to Stonehenge.
Roman Ruins in Tunisia
http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/01/06/unesco-to-preserve-tunisian-archaeological-site-of-deguech/
I do not know these sites. The article says they have been neglected for many years, but now UNESCO is kicking in some money to preserve them. They are on the edge of the desert in Tunisia.
I do not know these sites. The article says they have been neglected for many years, but now UNESCO is kicking in some money to preserve them. They are on the edge of the desert in Tunisia.
No, Russian tycoon, you may not buy a UNESCO World Heritage site.
http://www.euronews.net/2012/01/08/russian-billionaire-to-buy-valley-of-the-temples/
The mayor of Agrigento has informed a certain Russian mining mogul that his offer to buy the temples in the Sicilian Valley of the Temples has been rejected. Sicilians cannot be bought.
The mayor of Agrigento has informed a certain Russian mining mogul that his offer to buy the temples in the Sicilian Valley of the Temples has been rejected. Sicilians cannot be bought.
Roman Helmet
Restored Roman Helmet Unveiled by British Museum
News from the BBC about a Roman helmet, perhaps dating from very close to the invasion of 43 AD, newly restored and displayed at the British Museum. It seems to be a very fancy cavalry helmet.
News from the BBC about a Roman helmet, perhaps dating from very close to the invasion of 43 AD, newly restored and displayed at the British Museum. It seems to be a very fancy cavalry helmet.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
NY Times: Microarchaeology at Askelon, Israel
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/science/archaeologists-use-modern-tools-to-reconstruct-ancient-life.html?pagewanted=1&hpw
Very cool story about collaboration between science and archaeology.
Very cool story about collaboration between science and archaeology.
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