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UPDATED | What’s an Arts and Crafts Retail Chain Doing Dabbling in Antiquities???
Hobby Lobby To Forfeit Smuggled Iraqi Antiquities by RICHARD GONZALES, NPR / July 5, 2017 Hobby Lobby, the Oklahoma-based chain of arts and crafts retail stores, has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and forfeit thousands of ancient clay … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Israel-Palestine Scene, Issues in Archaeology
Tagged antiquities trade, Archaeology, Hobby Lobby, Iraq, looting of antiquities, UAE
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Through the American Colony Lens: THE COLOSSAL STONES OF BAALBEK
Here’s a photo that sort of jumped out at me a while back, it was so striking: a great quarry stone at the ancient site of Baalbek in Lebanon. Look at the people, look at the scale! This stone, which was … Continue reading
The Bridge That Never Was
The inspiration for this post is an image I was pointed to — several months ago now — by Rachel Lev of MuseumWorks, the lady who has been overseeing development of an on-site archive at Jerusalem’s American Colony Hotel. The materials involved … Continue reading
Posted in American Colony, Antiquities, Archaeology, Haram/ Temple Mount, Herod the Great, Jerusalem Antiquities, Jerusalem People, Jerusalem Places, Josephus, Roman Period
Tagged American Colony, Archaeology, Charles Warrren, Ernest F. Beaumont, Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem, Robinson's Arch, Temple Mount, Wilson's Arch
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An Exodus from Egypt: IAA nabs ancient coffin lids in Jerusalem antiquities shops
Here’s a new twist — or is it? Looted antiquities being smuggled into Israel in order to acquire legitimacy, so they can then be resold to collectors in the context of Israel’s “legal”, licensed antiquities trade. In this case it was two ancient and highly … Continue reading
The Artist Wore Size 9: The case of the remarkable Lod mosaic
No, it’s not a murder mystery, but the story does involve some fancy detective work. And it’s not fiction at all, but completely real… An article in today’s Haaretz (excerpts below) unfolds bits of such scientific sleuthing as it traces recent developments in the life of the astounding Lod mosaic … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Archaeology, Uncategorized
Tagged Archaeology, conservation of antiquities, Israel, Late Roman period, Lod, Lydda, mosaics
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Haaretz interview with archaeologist Ronny Reich
I was putting the finishing touches on this installment when I saw Todd Bolen’s post in my inbox pointing folks to a very interesting interview with antiquities collector Oded Golan published today in the “Week’s End” section of Haaretz. Noted also was … Continue reading
Tel Shiloh to get $4 million for new excavations, preservation and tourism development
TEL SHILOH, which is on a list of Israeli national “heritage sites”, has been granted special funding by a ministerial committee which operates under the supervision of Prime Minister Netanyahu. The archaeological site as well as the present visitor facilities … Continue reading
