Europe / Mediterranean

Vol. 3 / No. 2

By: George F. Bass

A Bronze Age Shipwreck

Just off Cape Gelidonya, on the southwest coast of Turkey, lies a row of five tiny islands, little more than […]

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Men lifting stones out of ditch.

Vol. 3 / No. 1

By: Theresa Howard Carter

Finding a Phoenician Colony Part 2: The Discovery

The very afternoon of the Barringers’ departure two of our three high hopes were shattered. The Lisa Sounding revealed a […]

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Vol. 3 / No. 1

By: Brandon Barringer

Finding A Phoenician Colony Part I: The Search

The hunt started nearly two years ago when the Government of Tunisia asked the University Museum to investigate the possibilities […]

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Vol. 2 / No. 3

By: Kenneth D. Matthews, Jr.

The Embattled Driver in Ancient Rome

As a driver do you become annoyed with present-day traffic conditions? Most probably you do and the same may be […]

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photo of wall

Vol. 2 / No. 2

By: Rodney S. Young

Gordion: Phrygian Construction and Architecture

The traveller in Near Eastern lands cannot help but be struck by the hundreds of ancient mounds–Tels or Tepes or […]

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Vol. 2 / No. 2

By: Ellen L. Kohler

An Etruscan Tomb-Guardian

The Etruscans are still a mysterious people to us because at the present state of our knowledge we cannot answer […]

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Vol. 2 / No. 1

By: Rhys Carpenter

The Clue of the Missing Feet

In 438 B.C. there was dedicated in the Parthenon at Athens the colossal gold and ivory statue of Athena, one […]

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Vol. 1 / No. 4

By: Temple Fay

Relevant Information About Menander

In general we know comparatively little about the life history and personal traits of ancient worthies. The evidence for Menander […]

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Vol. 1 / No. 4

By: Temple Fay, Jack L. Benson and L. Arnold Post

“The Head” – Menander: A Neurosurgeon's Analysis of a Great Stone Portrait

Preface Undoubtedly the most controversial portrait surviving from antiquity is one which exists in many copies and which has most […]

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Vol. 1 / No. 4

By: Kenneth D. Matthews, Jr.

Portrait of a Hero

Between 1931 and 1933 workmen under the direction of Jotham Johnson labored for the University Museum at a Roman site […]

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