Colour photo from yesterday vs archival black & white image from 1970 - same ancient Roman glass flask, dated to about 275-325 CE. Both pics are important to keep as objects can change, even deteriorate, over the years.
#MuseumWork #CollectionCare #Photography #Glass #technology #Archaeology #Documentation @ROMtoronto
Reflecting on 2022 & Kore670 loan to @romtoronto, I didn't really "see" this pic, though I took it! Acropolis Museum courier documents the condition of the kore before crating & transport back to Greece.
#KoreCheck #Kore670 #2022recap #HappyNewYear #MuseumWork #documentation
This is worth a read. I just finished send the link to folks I care about seeing as the season for gathering indoors is upon us.
The world is in chaos, arrgh! Just trying to keep track of all the Alexanders ... as in silver tetradrachms of Alexander the Great, this one minted in Amphipolis, #Greece
#MuseumWork #coins #numismatics 😅 #artifacts #Hercules #CollectionCare
'Sand blasting' reduces surfaces at worrying speed. Compare the photo by F. Hinkel from 1985 + my photo of the same spot from 2015, 30 yrs later. Read up on preservation + protection efforts by Sudanese + German archaeologists + conservators @[email protected]: https://www.dainst.org/en/-/sudanesisch-deutscher-restaurierungslehrgang-an-den-pyramiden-von-meroe
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CoKleinitz/status/1595452889765396480
Thanks to Jack Blackburn for airing concerns of the #archaeology community about #AncientApocalypse in
@thetimes
I was quoted: "I was shocked at how strongly aggressive this was. One of the things I’m wondering is if they are actively trying to appeal to a post-truth, conspiracy crowd"
"Despite what he thinks, archaeologists don’t hate Graham Hancock,” Dibble said. “He’s just wrong.”
Jens Notroff
Flint Dibble