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Around the World November 1, 2011
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Digs & Discoveries November 1, 2011
What If They Never Arrived?
In 1802, the first of the sculptures from the Parthenon began their journey aboard the brig Mentor, a ship purchased by Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, to transport them back to London. But the sculptures nearly didn't reach their destination. In September of that year, the Mentor sank in stormy weather off the Greek island of Kythera carrying 17 crates of sculpture, including extensive sections of the temple's frieze.
Digs & Discoveries September 1, 2011
Pieces of a Bronze Age Puzzle
new interpretation of evidence for a previously enigmatic Bronze Age ritual dating from 2800 to 2300 B.C. has emerged. Colin Renfrew of the University of Cambridge first visited the Greek island of Keros in the Cyclades in 1963 and found, among other artifacts at a heavily looted site, fragments of marble figurines.
Artifacts March 1, 2011
Lego Antikythera Mechanism
It took Andrew Carol 30 days to build a working model of the Antikythera Mechanism—the ancient Greek world's most sophisticated astrological instrument. The original device, dating to the second century B.C., consists of bronze gears. Carol used Legos.
