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ROMARCH: Archaeological Field School, Tróia (Portugal), Summer 2014

27 November, 2013

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Roman fish-salting production centre at Tróia (Portugal)

EXCAVATION OF A FISH-SALTING WORKSHOP AT TRÓIA

June 2 to 28, 2014

Applications opened.

Deadline: 15^th February, 2014

Applications for the CEAUCP – Tróia Summer School are now open. This is a new archaeological fieldschool program offering students the opportunity to participate in a scientific archaeological project in the largest fish-salting production center known in the Roman Empire, today known as the Roman Ruins of Tróia and a National Monument since 1910.

* Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin listing

* PDF brochure on the Tróia Project

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Posted By: Pedar W. Foss Category: Archaeology, Fieldwork Opportunities, Roman Provinces, ROMARCH Tags: fish-salting, portugal, Roman, tróia
ROMARCH: update on stolen Ganymede statue; guards arrested

26 November, 2013

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The Ganymede statue

An update via Mohamed Halouani on the Ganymede statue stolen about two weeks ago from the Paleo-Christian Museum in Carthage, Tunisia.

“Officials responsible for monitoring the Paleo-Christian Museum of Carthage are suspected, during the night of Fri. 8 Nov. to Sat. 9 Nov., of stealing the statue of Ganymede. In fact, they have been jailed pending trial.

According to the newspaper La Presse, citing Bahri Fathi, director of sites and monuments at the National Heritage Institute (INP), there was no break-in at the time of the theft. The suspicions of investigators, the source said, were then shifted to the guards, noting that the window by which the thieves broke into the museum had been broken from the inside.”

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Posted By: Pedar W. Foss Category: Africa, Archaeology, Roman Provinces, ROMARCH Tags: astrolabe, carthage, ganymede

ROMARCH: Ganymede Statue Stolen From Carthage

11 November, 2013

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Thanks to my friend Mohamed Halouani for this breaking, very sad news.

This Ganymede is a fascinating example of the complex dialogue between Greco-Roman and early Christian ideas about images. Spreading the news about its theft, I hope, may make it harder to fence.

For the definitive studies of the piece, please consult Elaine K. Gazda, “Ganymede and the Eagle. A Marble Group from Carthage,” Archaeology 34 (1981): 56–60, and Elaine K. Gazda, “A Marble Group of Ganymede and the Eagle from the Age of Augustine,” in J. H. Humphrey (ed.) Excavations at Carthage 1977 conducted by the University of Michigan, VI, Michigan 1981, 125-178. Detailed images available on Arachne.

Articles on the theft in La Presse (Tunis): [Le vol de trop!]; [Ganymède, avez-vous dit?]; [On a volé Ganymède!]

Nomadstrek Journeys

Monday, November 11, 2013

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CARTHAGE, TUNISIA—Over the weekend, thieves broke into the Early-Christian Museum in Carthage and stole a fifth-century A.D. marble statue depicting the mythological figure of Ganymede embracing Zeus in the form of an eagle. First discovered in pieces during a 1977 excavation in a cistern under the House of the Greek Charioteers in Carthage, the statue measured over a foot and a half once it was restored. Study of the sculpture and others like it made clear that wealthy Christians of the period did not hesitate to decorate their homes with pagan sculptures. The Tunisian police and Interpol are now on the lookout for the statue.

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Posted By: Pedar W. Foss Category: Africa, Archaeology, Roman Provinces, ROMARCH
Dining with the primus pilus? New research on the large kitchen in the legionary camp of Vindonissa (Switzerland)

4 April, 2013

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Roman Kitchen at Vindonissa.
© Legionary Trail, Museum Aargau

Guest Blog by Stephan Wyss

Introduction

Ten years after discovery of the so-called “officer’s kitchen” at Vindonissa, evaluation of this structure, unique in the provinces north of the Alps, has begun. A group of Swiss scientists is carrying out an interdisciplinary investigation of the structures and finds, as well as zooarchaeological, archaeobotanical, and sedimentological analyses.

Plan of Vindonissa, between the Aare and Reuss rivers. Peristyle Building marked by the red circle. © Kantonsarchäologie Aargau

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Posted By: Stephan Wyss Category: Archaeology, Roman Provinces Tags: cooking, kitchen, primus pilus, Roman, Roman army, Switzerland

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ROMARCH: Archaeological Field School, Tróia (Portugal), Summer 2014

ROMARCH: update on stolen Ganymede statue; guards arrested

ROMARCH: Ganymede Statue Stolen From Carthage

Dining with the primus pilus? New research on the large kitchen in the legionary camp of Vindonissa (Switzerland)