Crime and Trials
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A couple of items of interest relating to the worship of Mithras. First, remains of a Mithraeum have been found in Iraq’s Duhok province. Here’s the incipit of a piece (ultimately from Bloomberg, it turns out) in St. Louis Today: A temple built by followers of Mithraism, a mystery cult that flourished throughout the Roman…
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I’ve got a major backlog of items from Italian sources, so I’ve decided to break them up a bit and treat all the ‘busts’ in a single post — besides being an organizational principle, it does highlight how the marketing of illicit antiquities continues to be a major problem in Italy, despite recent successes (some…
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Scanning the Italian ‘papers’ … A Roman bridge is being excavated in Parma: Giallo in piazza Ghiaia scavi bloccati dal ponte romano? (Repubblica) Plans to build an archaeological park at Tivoli (about time!): BENI CULTURALI: GIRO, A TIVOLI UN GRANDE PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO (Libero) … and plans for Pompeii (I don’t quite understand what’s new in…
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Wow … it seems every time a hotel is built or expanded in Bulgaria, there’s some archaeological find. Here’s the latest coverage from Novinite: The regional unit for combating organized crime in Bulgaria’s Burgas have seized a hidden treasure dating back to 3rd century BC. The treasure was discovered in October 2008 during the construction…
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Getting a smattering of coverage this past week was the announcement that the Cleveland Museum of Art would be returning 14 items (13 from the period within our purview) to Italy which were considered to be of dubious origin. In return, the CMoA will be receiving a loan of items of similar value. There don’t…
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