Ancient Heritage

Thoughts on ancient artefacts, their collection and ethical issues

Tuesday, 27 October 2020

Ancient Greek Lamps: The Genius of the Central Tube

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Athens, 5th century BC ( Getty Museum ) A distinctive feature of ancient Greek pottery lamps is the conical tube that began appearing in the...
Monday, 17 August 2020

Reply to Twitter feedback

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Ben Westwood, Finds Liaison Officer for Durham, Darlington & Teesside, has responded on Twitter to my earlier post about the silver s...
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Thursday, 13 August 2020

PAS: Truth be damned, let's just be topical!

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On Friday (7 August) Peter Reavill, a Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) for the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), posted a long article which ...
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Thursday, 14 May 2020

Reinventing the wheel (or hook)

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Back in November 2019, I noticed a somewhat awkward description of a Roman object on the PAS database ( SOM-EFC2F3 ). Although the object ...
Friday, 3 April 2020

Leather books from Turkey: more thoughts

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Further to my earlier post on the phenomenon of a constant stream of 'Golden Brownies' (GBs) emerging in Turkey, I note that yet ...
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Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Lesson from Croatia

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Seismic Map Zagreb is located in a zone of high seismic activity and a 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck a wide area around the city ...
Tuesday, 24 March 2020

An enduring tradition

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I noted a truly amazing supply of bronze lamps offered by Artemission, a dealer based in London, over five years ago. Far from bein...
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David Knell is an English-Canadian art historian based in the UK. Specialist interests include vernacular furniture and Classical lychnology. In addition to contributing to academic journals and major periodicals, he was the monthly columnist for an arts magazine and has had several books published, one of which is the standard reference work in its field. He has acted as expert consultant to Sotheby's and the Mary Rose Trust, and as referee for the Royal Archaeological Institute.
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