home news & events book reviews archive contact & info subscribe The last day of Pompeii New research carried out at Pompeii suggests that most of the victims of the eruption of AD 79 did not die as a result of inhalation of hot ash, as has generally been thought. Instead they were killed through exposure to high temperatures of at least 250°C. full feature link The Last Day of Pompeii, Karl Briullov (1799-1852).   Met acquires the Three Graces An ancient Roman group statue depicting the Three Graces was acquired by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in July. The marble sculpture is a 2nd-century AD Roman copy of Aglaia (Beauty), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Abundance). In mythology, they play an attendant role; their closest connection is with Aphrodite, whom they serve as handmaidens. full feature link The Three Graces, currently on display in the Met. Photo: courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York.   The Hittites return to Liverpool Destroyed by bombing in World War II, the Hittite Gallery at collection at Liverpool Museum is ready to reopen 70 years later at the Victoria Gallery and Museum. Aretfacts that had been removed to safety before the bombing in May 1941 have finally been taken out of storage and, together with the thousands of pictures taken by the Liverpool archaeologist John Garstang (1876–1956) during his lifetime of travels in Egypt and the Near east, will be open to the public in early 2011. full feature link Victoria Gallery and Museum clock tower at the University of Liverpool. Photo: courtesy of Tracey Gibbs.   Return of a Greek youth Professor John Prag takes a trip to Samos to see the 6th century BC bronze figurine of the god Hermes that was voluntarily returned to Greece by the British antiquities dealership of Charles Ede Ltd. The Archaic kouros that was removed from Samos in the middle of the last century before being returned in 2005. full feature link Photo: courtesy of Charles Ede Ltd.   Scientific Investigation of Copies, Fakes and Forgeries / Paul Craddock AD 410 The Year that Shook Rome / Sam Moorhead and David Stuttard The Anatomy of Denmark: Archaeology and History from the Ice Age to the Present. / Klavs Randsborg Portland Vase Interpretations / Dr Jerome M. Eisenberg International Phaistos Disk Conference 2008 - Abstracts Focus on Iraq - Looting the National Museum of Iraq / Dr Jerome M. Eisenberg The Mougins Museum of Art (MMoCA) is a unique museum from the publisher of Minerva which displays the art of the ancient world alongside paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance period to the present day. In advance of the museum opening in March 2011, the website is now online to showcase examples from the collection and and provide a guide to museum development. 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The following articles appear in Volume 21 no.5  the SEP/OCT 2010 issue of MINERVA   Brave new technological world - How 3D can help make archaeology more mainstream and beneficial to communities and industry. / Mike Nevell Faces in the stones - A new look at the henge monument of Avebury, and the possibility that Neolithic artists carved figures into the stones. / Kate Prendergast Heraldry for the dead - The enigmatic stone plaques engraved by the Late Neolithic communities of south-west Spain and Portugal. / Murray Eiland Arcadian enigma - Could a bronze figurine in the Manchester Museum be a unique depiction of Hermes the Goat-Carrier? / John Prag Alexander the immortal - A new exhibition at Amsterdam’s Hermitage Museum looks at the enduring legacy of Macedonia’s most famous son. / Sophie Mackenzie Design for eternity - The influence of Roman architectural principles. / Edwina Bland Rome’s sea route to India - The archaeology of the port of Arikamedu provides clear evidence of large-scale trading contacts that existed between the civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean and India. / Sethuraman Suresh Gateway to the Gobi - A visit to the magnificent and strategically important Ming Dynasty fort at Jiayuguan, ‘First and greatest pass under heaven’. / Ray Dunning Sack of the Summer Palace - A new look at the Anglo-French military campaign of 1860 that ended with the destruction of one of China’s most important cultural sites. / James Beresford Between rocks and a hard place - Can Afghanistan’s archaeological heritage survive the war and a 21st-century gold rush? / David Thomas Plotting the past - Historical thriller writer Lindsey Davis on modern writing, her plans for the future, and her obsession with historical fact. / Georgina Read Antiquities sales review - Highlights from the Bonhams’ and Christie’s spring sales. / Sophie Mackenzie Militaria sales - Hermann Historica’s April sale of ancient armour. / Mark Merrony Editor-in-Chief Dr Mark Merrony Editor Dr James Beresford Publisher Myles Poulton Managing Editor Sophie Mackenzie Art Director Nick Riggall Designers Lyndon Williams Debra Foster Editorial Associate Georgina Read   website by Claverton Media © MINERVA 2010. no reproduction without publisher's consent
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