Egypt
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The journal Archaeometry can be found at:
www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118538252/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
- Blue Shield Issues Independent Report
Arts Journal (Lee Rosenbaum) Blue Shield, an international organization for the protection of cultural heritage, particularly in times of major crisis and upheaval (such as the recent uprising in Egypt), last week issued a report on an on-site "civil-military...
- Catalan Site For Egyptology
Catalan site for Egyptology Thanks very much to Paula Veiga for letting me know about the new Catalan site for Egyptology, which lists Egyptology resources in the Catalunya area of Spain, the capital of which is Barcelona. The site is available in Catalan,...
- More Re Egypt's Aim To Repatriate Items From Barcelona
http://tinyurl.com/2fa2wl (actualidad.terra.es) "Una misión de arqueólogos egipcios viajó hoy a Barcelona para estudiar el caso de 17 piezas del Museo Egipcio de la ciudad española sobre las que tienen sospechas en torno a la legalidad de su adquisición....
- Restoration Of St Catherine's Mosaic
These are snippets from the Egyptian Gazette - I had forgotten when I found them, yesterday, that the EG doesn't archive its past news items, so I'm afraid that the URLs are no longer valid. If you click on them, another story entirely comes up....
- Exhibitions Due To Close Shortly In Barcelona
http://www.fundclos.com/exposiciones.htm Two exhibitions in the Egyptology Museum of Barcelona (Museu Egipci de Barcelona), for anyone going over there in the near future, are due to close on July 10th, so if you get the chance to go, now is the time....
Egypt
Egyptian blue found in Romanesque altarpiece in Barcelona, Spain
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A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) has discovered remains of Egyptian blue in a Romanesque altarpiece in the church of Sant Pere de Terrassa (Barcelona). This blue pigment was used from the days of ancient Egypt until the end of the Roman Empire, but was not made after this time. So how could it turn up in a 12th Century church?
Egyptian blue or Pompeian blue was a pigment frequently used by the ancient Egyptians and Romans to decorate objects and murals. Following the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD), this pigment fell out of use and was no longer made. But a team of Catalan scientists has now found it in the altarpiece of the 12th Century Romanesque church of Sant Pere de Terrassa (Barcelona). The results of this research have just been published in the journal Archaeometry.
The journal Archaeometry can be found at:
www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118538252/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
- Blue Shield Issues Independent Report
Arts Journal (Lee Rosenbaum) Blue Shield, an international organization for the protection of cultural heritage, particularly in times of major crisis and upheaval (such as the recent uprising in Egypt), last week issued a report on an on-site "civil-military...
- Catalan Site For Egyptology
Catalan site for Egyptology Thanks very much to Paula Veiga for letting me know about the new Catalan site for Egyptology, which lists Egyptology resources in the Catalunya area of Spain, the capital of which is Barcelona. The site is available in Catalan,...
- More Re Egypt's Aim To Repatriate Items From Barcelona
http://tinyurl.com/2fa2wl (actualidad.terra.es) "Una misión de arqueólogos egipcios viajó hoy a Barcelona para estudiar el caso de 17 piezas del Museo Egipcio de la ciudad española sobre las que tienen sospechas en torno a la legalidad de su adquisición....
- Restoration Of St Catherine's Mosaic
These are snippets from the Egyptian Gazette - I had forgotten when I found them, yesterday, that the EG doesn't archive its past news items, so I'm afraid that the URLs are no longer valid. If you click on them, another story entirely comes up....
- Exhibitions Due To Close Shortly In Barcelona
http://www.fundclos.com/exposiciones.htm Two exhibitions in the Egyptology Museum of Barcelona (Museu Egipci de Barcelona), for anyone going over there in the near future, are due to close on July 10th, so if you get the chance to go, now is the time....