Thoughts on ancient artefacts, their collection and ethical issues
Thursday, 26 December 2019
PAS: Just nod meekly or you're blocked
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Ha! That was an interesting outcome. Paul Barford, an archaeologist, highlighted a recent Twitter announcement by Jo Ahmet, the Finds Lia...
Friday, 16 August 2019
Please Do NOT Wash
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An eBay seller based in East Sussex states " Here for Sale is a Very High Quality Roman Bronze Double Spouted, Double Busted Oil Lam...
Friday, 19 July 2019
Gaza Apollo - the story continues
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Ever since a bronze statue of Apollo surfaced - and then promptly disappeared - in Gaza over five years ago, historians, curators, colle...
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Latest find at Vindolanda
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Loving this latest find announced yesterday (15 July 2019) by the Vindolanda Trust. The artefact was merely described as a "beautifu...
Friday, 5 April 2019
Puzzle jug solution? The mystery of an ancient Egyptian lamp.
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Getty Museum A "curious" type of lamp produced in Ptolemaic Egypt has caused even leading scholars in lychnology to scratch th...
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Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Leather books from Turkey
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I see that yet another dubious artefact has been seized from 'smugglers' in Turkey (' Hebrew manuscript recovered from smuggle...
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Friday, 16 November 2018
How reliable is the PAS database? (Part 2)
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While idly exploring the database of the UK's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) I came across this entry for a pottery lamp supposedl...
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