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Looted artifacts being returned to Italy from NYC
NEW YORK — Two stolen ancient artifacts are being returned to Italy from New York City. An Italian government representative is taking possession of them at a ceremony Wednesday. The artifacts are a Pompeii plaster wall painting and a Corinthian vase for mixing water and wine. They were recovered by immigration and customs officials in June. Both items had been scheduled for auction in New York before they were discovered to have been stolen. Immigration officials said the vase may have been illegally introduced into the art market by Giacomo Medici (JAH’-kuh-moh MEH’-dih-chee) in 1985. The art dealer was convicted in Rome in 2004 of conspiracy to traffic in antiquities. The wall painting was reported stolen in Italy in 1997. Original article-with photos … Read entire article »
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Pompeii and the Roman Villa Exhibition Arrives in Mexico
Two centuries before our era, the region of Campania became the favorite place of Roman emperors-from Julius Caesar to Nero- and aristocrats to relax, due to the beauty of the Bay of Naples. Pompeii, Herculaneum and nearby villages represented leisure for some and work for others, like artists. A hundred pieces, which reveal the luxury and sophistication that this Mediterranean zone reached before the Vesuvius erupted in 79 of the Common Era, arrive to Mexico as part of the exhibition “Pompeya y una Villa Romana: Arte y Cultura alrededor de la Bahia de Napoles” (Pompeii and the Roman Villa. Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples), to be opened at the National Museum of Anthropology in November 2009. As part of the cultural exchange program between Mexico and Italy, the National … Read entire article »
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A Pompeiian Spectacle for a Sunday Night
Professor Martin Winkler, internationally renowned expert in Classics and Film Studies, wowed Gusties on Sunday night, Nov. 1st with his lecture “The Last Days of Pompeii: From Fact to Fiction and Film.” Professor Winkler took us through a whirlwind tour of receptions of Pompeii across the centuries and via a range of media, from books to the stage to the movie screen. The lecture kicked off a number of events throughout the week, during which Professor Winkler visited classes, met with students and faculty, and presented a rare Italian film of Vergil’s Aeneid to members of Eta Sigma Phi on Wednesday. Many thanks to Professor McHugh, who arranged the visit, and to other departments across campus who assisted in planning and hosting Professor Winkler! Source … Read entire article »
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Sydney academic unearths the secret of Pompeii’s bones
The ruined Roman city of Pompeii continues to yield secrets, this time in a book by a Sydney University academic in the first systematic study of human bone remains. Resurrecting Pompeii by Dr Estelle Lazer, archaeologist at Sydney University, was launched earlier this month. The book discusses the information gained from looking at the skeletal remains of victims of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Although Pompeii has been continuously studied since 1748, early scholars were seduced by the more glamorous artefacts and wall paintings yielded by the site. The less attractive evidence, the bones, was largely ignored. Until Dr Lazer’s work, there had not been a systematic study into victim profiling information that could be gathered from studying bones, including sex, age, general health and height and population affinities. Dr Lazer found … Read entire article »
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A Day In Pompeii Prices
For your convenience here are the prices to Melbourne Museum’s A day in Pompeii … Read entire article »
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Pompeii guide ‘died in tourist row’
(ANSA) – Naples, July 6 – A tourist guide died at Pompeii last month after a squabble with rivals, union sources reported Monday. The dead man was identified as F.C., 84, one of the so-called ”historic” guides at the Ancient Roman site. Guides are becoming more aggressive in their bids for customers at the buried city, the UGL union said. Long-established guides like the late F.C. were having to defend their turf from unauthorised upstarts, it said. ”They’re like dogs around a bone,” said the UGL’s culture pointman, Renato Petra. ”If two of them get in a bidding war things can turn nasty and then you get something like what happened three weeks ago: one … Read entire article »
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Nice review of Melbourne Pompeii
Great review, with photos of the opening day Here I will be attending the event as some stage and will be making my own review based on that. … Read entire article »
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Vesuvius, the world’s most closely watched volcano
Vesuvius, the world’s most closely watched volcano NAPLES, Italy (AFP) — Nearly 2,000 years after wiping out Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius is among the most closely monitored volcanoes in the world, its every shudder recorded. “Vesuvius is one of the world’s most dangerous volcanos: it is always active, and 600,000 people would be directly at risk if it erupts,” says vulcanologist Claudio Scarpati. On the flanks of the volcano overlooking the bay of Naples in southern Italy, rising up nearly 1,300 metres (some 4,200 feet), several dozen sensors record seismic activity, the temperature of the gas emitted by the volcano and topographical changes. Interesting article http://www.physorg.com/news159599107.html … Read entire article »
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A Day in Pompeii- Melbourne Museum
‘A Day in Pompeii’ Although the exhibition does not open until June, there is much talk and excitement about the soon to come ‘A Day in Pompeii’ exhibition. Taking on this exhibition is quite a good initiative considering that up to June 29 they had 2 body casts on display. The Exhibit The exhibit will feature “hundreds” of objects including room-size frescoes, marble and bronze sculptures, jewellery, gold coins and everyday household items EVENT DETAILS Event Type: Temporary Exhibition Mondays, … Read entire article »
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