Category Archive: Another thing
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The Ballinderry game board: a warrior's pastime As always in our Another thing posts, we start with what you see. Our object is on display in the National Museum of Ireland's Archaeology exhibit in Dublin and it ... Read More
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Another thing: a local masterpiece - a Nike by Skopas at Tegea Do I need to point out the extraordinary beauty of this ancient statue? I firmly believe that such works speak for themselves; they are eloquent as spiritual expressions and proud ... Read More
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The Motya Charioteer: a world-class ancient sculpture in Sicily Look at him! A fine figure of male beauty, subtle and forceful at the same time. You might already have guessed which ancient culture created this piece, but even if ... Read More
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Another thing: remote but central - local and imported pottery on Vis in Croatia “Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. What ... Read More
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Another thing: display of strength - a Classical cuirass from Syracuse “Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. I'm ... Read More
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A sarcophagus from Patara in Antalya Museum: glory beyond death If I tell you its size, you can almost certainly guess what this object is. Carved from marble, it is just under 2m (6.5ft) long, 0.9m (2.95ft) tall and 0.8m ... Read More
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The Vindolanda Tablets: Ancient voices from Roman Britain Scraps with scrawls. If you look more closely, the scraps are of wood and the scrawls are writing, in ink. They don't look like much and indeed they were (eventually) ... Read More
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Another thing: a sight fit for a god - the Vatican Sleeping Ariadne “Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. Look ... Read More
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Another thing: a cultural hero - Socrates on a fresco in Ephesus “Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. A ... Read More
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The Archaic Warriors and Ladies of Archontiko in Macedonia Pella is a well-known archaeological site in Central Macedonia, Northern Greece, only 40km (25mi) to the west of Thessaloniki, the region's modern capital. From the 4th to the 2nd centuries ... Read More
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Another thing: delicate beyond belief and made of agava - Hvar Lace “Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. It's ... Read More
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The ancient Urn of Brasidas at Amphipolis in Greece We're back in Macedonia, Northern Greece, at Amphipolis, site of the celebrated Kasta Tumulus its excavation a few years ago. That story is perhaps awaiting its conclusion. Today, however, we ... Read More
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Message on a Column: rewriting history at Mystras “May he have the curses of the 318 God-bearing Fathers of Nicaea and also the curse of me, the sinner. [In] the year 1312." These are the final four lines ... Read More
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Greece's Oldest War Memorial on the Acropolis In this post, I want to show you a very unusual monument, seen but not noticed by most visitors to Athens, a monument that, if you know how to 'read' it, ... Read More
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Another thing: Sailing the wine-dark sea - ancient ships on a Theran krater Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. What ... Read More