Dorothy King
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October 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I’ve found two more Late Antique gold glass bases stolen by the Nazis from Poland, so I reported them to @kultura_gov_pl (& the one in the US to @DHSgov).
We’d assumed the Czartoryski collection glass was destroyed in 1944, but it’s slowly surfacing … and hopefully they’ll return to Poland! 🇵🇱
We’d assumed the Czartoryski collection glass was destroyed in 1944, but it’s slowly surfacing … and hopefully they’ll return to Poland! 🇵🇱
April 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I’ve found two more Late Antique gold glass bases stolen by the Nazis from Poland, so I reported them to @kultura_gov_pl (& the one in the US to @DHSgov).
We’d assumed the Czartoryski collection glass was destroyed in 1944, but it’s slowly surfacing … and hopefully they’ll return to Poland! 🇵🇱
We’d assumed the Czartoryski collection glass was destroyed in 1944, but it’s slowly surfacing … and hopefully they’ll return to Poland! 🇵🇱
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Motion for the accepted plural of Carloman to be Carlomen
December 30, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Motion for the accepted plural of Carloman to be Carlomen
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Saison après saison, les découvertes se succèdent à San Casciano dei Bagni, en Italie www.ansa.it/english/news...
December 3, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Saison après saison, les découvertes se succèdent à San Casciano dei Bagni, en Italie www.ansa.it/english/news...
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Bronze statues, coins and ancient eggs found in Tuscan thermal baths | Reuters
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Bronze statues, coins and ancient eggs found in Tuscan thermal baths
Ancient statues, coins, jewels and still-intact eggs from Roman and Etruscan times have been recovered from thermal baths in southern Tuscany, Italy's culture ministry said on Tuesday, presenting the latest discoveries at the site.
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December 3, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Bronze statues, coins and ancient eggs found in Tuscan thermal baths | Reuters
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working on Sardis acropolis stuff today -- building a list and commentary on "missing buildings" known only from inscriptions.. have about 60 so far (!).
there's a famous list of fountains, itself lost, taken to Smyrna 1874-8 by King of Brazil. anyone know Brazil's collections? a curious history..
there's a famous list of fountains, itself lost, taken to Smyrna 1874-8 by King of Brazil. anyone know Brazil's collections? a curious history..
November 26, 2024 at 8:36 PM
working on Sardis acropolis stuff today -- building a list and commentary on "missing buildings" known only from inscriptions.. have about 60 so far (!).
there's a famous list of fountains, itself lost, taken to Smyrna 1874-8 by King of Brazil. anyone know Brazil's collections? a curious history..
there's a famous list of fountains, itself lost, taken to Smyrna 1874-8 by King of Brazil. anyone know Brazil's collections? a curious history..
Michel Félibien 1706 engraving of the Cup of the Ptolemies mounted as a chalice at St Denis, Paris.
November 25, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Michel Félibien 1706 engraving of the Cup of the Ptolemies mounted as a chalice at St Denis, Paris.
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There have been so many horror stories coming out of my adoptive country of Morocco that I wanted to focus on some of the beautiful, miraculous and poignant tales that have emerged in the fortnight since the earthquake struck. Here are 3 of my favourites: www.janejohnsonbooks.com/2023/09/stor...
Stories from the Moroccan earthquake - Jane Johnson
There have been so many horror stories coming out of Morocco that I wanted to focus on some of the beautiful, miraculous and poignant tales that have emerged in the fortnight since the earthquake stru...
www.janejohnsonbooks.com
September 24, 2023 at 7:06 PM
There have been so many horror stories coming out of my adoptive country of Morocco that I wanted to focus on some of the beautiful, miraculous and poignant tales that have emerged in the fortnight since the earthquake struck. Here are 3 of my favourites: www.janejohnsonbooks.com/2023/09/stor...