Professione Archeologo

PARIS (AFP).- French archaeologists protesting the privatisation of their profession gave visitors free entry to the renowned Louvre museum in Paris Thursday. Around 100 protesters blocked the ticketing area for around four hours in the afternoon, said union member Fabrice Marty.

Reconstruction of a Roman bakery at Pompeii, Campania, Italy.

How to Make Cuneiform Tablet Cookies Source: http://bit.ly/1uOsb1L In my own opinion, the best recipes go beyond the taste buds, and serve as a topic of discussion as well. A pre-made jar of salsa doesn’t facilitate conversation, but a recipe with unique ingredients or preparation—something that says something about the person who made it—is all the more valuable for its ability to make connections between the people consuming it. A good example: a batch of cuneiform tablet cookies, baked up by Katy Blanchard, Keeper of Collections in the Museum’s Near East Section. Here’s how she did it. (image) For………. Read More

Achilles (left) and Ajax, playing a dice game, waiting for departure for Troy. Work of Exekias, detail from an Athenian black-figure amphora from Vulci of Italy, around 540-530 BC- Vatican Museum, Rome.