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Post n°1321 pubblicato il 31 Ottobre 2016 da diegobaratono
DA: "egitalloyd.blogspot.it" Zahi Hawass to Try to Put Sanctions on Toledo Museum of Art for selling Egyptian Antiquities from Collection The former antiquities minister will send letters to UNESCO and other international organisations in anattempt to have sanctions put ont he museum. Written By/ Nevine El-Aref.
The chairman of Egypt's National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation (NCAR) assigned former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass to take restricted action against Toledo Museum of Art which put on sale 68 artefacts from its collection. The objects are from Cyprus, Rome and Egypt.
In a telephone interview, Hawass told Ahram Online the he will send letters to UNESCO, the International Committee Of Museums (ICOM) and the US Congress as well as all international institutions to remove Toledo Museum from the ICOM, because it has offended the reputation of all museums by selling the world heritage.
Hawass asserted that he would also send another letter to the Toledo museum threatening to prohibit children from visiting it because it is selling the heritage. Hawass will also send these letters on Sunday to Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany for discussion before sending them to the concerned international authorities and institutions.
Early this month, Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio put on sale a collection of 68 artefacts at Christies auction hall.
The antiquities ministry had taken the required legal procedures in collaboration with Egypt’s Embassy in New York to stop any transaction of these objects but the museum has put them on sale for $1.2 million.
Post n°1318 pubblicato il 28 Ottobre 2016 da diegobaratono
DA: "livescience.com" PER LE IMMAGINI ECCO IL LINK: 25 New 'Dead Sea Scrolls' Revealed
25 New 'DeadSea Scrolls' Revealed By OwenJarus, Live Science Contributor | October 10, 2016
This scrollfragment preserves parts of the Book of Leviticus, in which God promises toreward the people of Israel if they observe the Sabbath and obey the 10commandments. Credit:copyright The Schøyen Collection, Oslo and London, MS 4611 More than 25previously unpublished "Dead Sea Scroll" fragments, dating back 2,000years and holding text from the Hebrew Bible, have been brought to light, theircontents detailed in two new books. The variousscroll fragments record parts of the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,Deuteronomy, Samuel, Ruth, Kings, Micah, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Joel, Joshua,Judges, Proverbs, Numbers, Psalms, Ezekiel and Jonah. The Qumran caves ― wherethe Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered ― had yet to yield any fragmentsfrom the Book of Nehemiah; if this newly revealed fragment is authenticated itwould be the first. Scholars haveexpressed concerns that some of the fragments are forgeries. [See Photos of theDead Sea Scrolls Fragments] These 25newly published fragments are just the tip of the iceberg. A scholar told LiveScience that around 70 newly discovered fragments have appeared on theantiquities market since 2002. Additionally, the cabinet minister in charge ofthe Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), along with a number of scholars,believes that there are undiscovered scrolls that are being found by looters incaves in the Judean Desert. The IAA is sponsoring a new series of scientificsurveys and excavations to find these scrolls before looters do. The Dead SeaScrolls The Dead SeaScrolls were discovered between 1947 and 1956 in a series of 11 caves by thearchaeological site of Qumran in the Judean Desert, near the Dead Sea. Duringthat time, archaeologists and local Bedouins unearthed thousands of fragmentsfrom nearly 900 manuscripts. Some of theBedouin sold their scrolls in Bethlehem through an antiquities dealer namedKhalil Iskander Shahin, who went by the name "Kando." Shahin died in1993 and his son William Kando now runs his business and estate. Many scholarsbelieve that the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden in the Qumran caves around A.D.70, during a Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire. They may have been writtenby a Jewish sect known as the Essenes. Qumran andits caves are located in the West Bank, a territory captured by Israel fromJordan during the Six-Day War in 1967. Jordan at times has asserted that theDead Sea Scrolls belong to them. Although theterm Dead Sea Scrolls usually refers to the scrolls found at Qumran, there havebeen scrolls found in caves at other sites in the Judean Desert that areconsidered Dead Sea Scrolls. Collectingscrolls The 25 newlypublished scroll fragments were purchased by two separate collectors. [Galleryof Dead Sea Scrolls: A Glimpse of the Past] Between 2009and 2014, Steve Green, the owner of Hobby Lobby, a chain of arts and craftsstores, purchased 13 of the fragments, which he has donated, along withthousands of other artifacts, to the Museum of the Bible. Green is helping tofund construction of the museum, scheduled to open in Washington, D.C., nextfall. (A fly-through of the museum can be seen on YouTube). A team ofscholars has published details of these donated fragments in the book volume"Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments in the Museum Collection" (Brill, 2016). Theprovenance of this batch of scrolls is not certain. "Some ofthese fragments must have come from Qumran, probably Cave 4, while the othersmay have derived from other sites in the Judean Desert," wrote EmanuelTov, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the book volume."Unfortunately, little is known about the provenance of these fragmentsbecause most sellers did not provide such information at the time of the sale." Antiquitiesdealer William Kando told Live Science that he doesn't know where the donatedfragments originated. Scientistsare conducting tests on the donated fragments to help determine if any areforgeries, said Michael Holmes, executive director of the Museum of the BibleScholars Initiative, in a statement sent to Live Science. The resultswill be combined with an analysis of the writing to help determine what thechances are of the different fragments being forgeries. "Theresults will be incorporated in our future museum exhibits, inviting visitorsto grasp and engage with issues involved with assessing authenticity,"Holmes said. Biblicalmanuscripts MartinSchøyen, a collector from Norway, owns the other batch of the recently revealedDead Sea Scrolls. The texts from those fragments are detailed in the book"Gleanings from the Caves: Dead Sea Scrolls and Artefacts from The SchøyenCollection" (Bloomsbury, 2016). Also detailed in the book are otherartifacts related to the scrolls, including a linen wrapper in which one of theDead Sea Scrolls was found. [Photos: Who 'Penned' the Dead Sea Scrolls?] Schøyen, whohas a vast collection of antiquities, began collecting biblical manuscripts in1986. "The ultimate challenge had become to acquire a fragment of the DeadSea Scrolls with a biblical text," Schøyen wrote in the book. "It wasfor me a 'Mission: Impossible.'" Hisdetermination paid off as, gradually, he was able to track down scrollfragments that were for sale by a number of sources. He bought several from afamily collection that is now in in Zurich (the name was not published) andseveral more from the descendants of tourists or collectors who had purchasedscrolls from Shahin's shop in Bethlehem in the 1950s. He also purchased a fewfragments that were once owned by two scholars who had worked in the Qumrancaves as students in 1948 (the students got the fragments as gifts from abishop who supported the work). "Thequest that started as a 'Mission: Impossible' in 1986, gradually proceeded to becomea collection of [about] 115 fragments from around 27 differentscrolls," Schøyen said. He addedthat some of the fragments in his collection come from caves 1, 4 and 11 atQumran, while some come from other caves in the Judean Desert. Nehemiah A highlightfrom the newly published Museum of the Bible collection is a fragment from theBook of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 2:13-16). The fragmenttells of a man named Nehemiah who lived during the fifth century B.C., at atime after Jerusalem had been destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. ThePersian Empire had taken over Babylon's territory and the Jews, who had beenforced to leave Israel by the Babylonians, were allowed to return home. The fragmentrecords Nehemiah's visit to a ruined Jerusalem, finding that its gates had been"consumed by fire." According to the fragment text, he inspects theremains of the walls before starting work on rebuilding them. Scholars havenoted in previous studies that archaeologists hadn't found any copies of theBook of Nehemiah in the Qumran caves. How this fragment came to America isunknown, and scholars say they can't be sure it's from Qumran. "It isassumed to come from Cave 4 [at Qumran], but in the final analysis it must besaid that the provenance of the fragment remains unknown," wrote Martin G.Abegg Jr., a professor at Trinity Western University who led the team thatanalyzed the fragment, in the book "Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments in theMuseum Collection." Leviticus A highlightfrom the Schøyen Collection is a fragment containing part of the Book ofLeviticus. In the fragment text, God promises that if the Sabbath is observedand the Ten Commandments are obeyed, the people of Israel will be rewarded. "If youwalk according to my laws, and keep my commandments and implement them, then Iwill grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield itsproduce and the trees of the field their fruit," part of the fragmentreads (translation by Torleif Elgvin). "I willgrant peace in the land, and you shall lie down untroubled by anyone; and Iwill exterminate vicious beasts from the land, and no sword shall cross yourland," the fragment continues. "I will look with favour upon you, andmake you fertile and multiply you." Schøyenpublished a note from William Kando saying that the Leviticus scroll fragmentwas once owned by his father who got it from Bedouin in 1952 or 1953 and it wassold, along with other fragments, to a customer in Zurich in 1956. Original article on Live Science.
Post n°1316 pubblicato il 27 Ottobre 2016 da diegobaratono
Post n°1313 pubblicato il 26 Ottobre 2016 da diegobaratono
DA:"classicult.it" PER LE IMMAGINI CONSULTARE IL LINK ALLEGATO
PASSAGGIO A NORD OVEST LIBERO DAI GHIACCI 8 MILA ANNI FA Ricerca italo-danese pubblicata su Nature Scientific Report PASSAGGIO A NORD-OVEST LIBERO DAI GHIACCI 8MILA ANNI FA Analisi su carota di ghiaccio della Groenlandia rivela la storia del ghiaccio marino artico. Obiettivo migliorare le proiezioni climatiche future VENEZIA – Nelle estati di 8mila anni fa, quando la temperatura del pianeta era circa due gradi superiore all’attuale, il passaggio a Nord-Ovest era sgombro dal ghiaccio marino. La scoperta è frutto dell’analisi di campioni di ghiaccio estratti in Groenlandia, attraverso i quali è stato possibile stimare l’estensione della calotta artica nel corso degli ultimi 10 mila anni. La ricerca, pubblicata su Scientific Reports, è stata condotta da scienziati dell’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, del Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche e del Niels Bohr Institute di Copenhagen. Si tratta della prima ricostruzione attendibile della storia del ghiaccio marino artico, osservato grazie ai satelliti solo a partire dal 1970. Il risultato è stato reso possibile grazie a un’intuizione degli scienziati: tracce di bromo trovate nei ghiacci della Groenlandia indicano la quantità di ghiaccio marino formatosi in inverno a centinaia di chilometridi distanza dal luogo del carotaggio. «Nella stagione primaverile una reazione chimica innesca il rilascio in atmosfera di grandi quantità di bromo naturalmente presente nel ghiaccio marino – spiega Andrea Spolaor, glaciologo del Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica di Ca’ Foscari -. Il vento lo trasporta e con la neve si deposita sulla crosta ghiacciata della Groenlandia, spessa chilometri. Nei nostri laboratori di Venezia siamo in grado di misurare la quantità di bromo immagazzinata nei millenni negli strati delle carote di ghiaccio estratte nel continente e stimare così la quantità di ghiaccio marino stagionale». La scoperta apre la strada sia ad analisi che possono ricostruire 120 mila anni di storia di calotta artica, sia al perfezionamento delle proiezioni climatiche future, calcolate finora senza dati precisi sul ghiaccio marino, la cui estensione influisce sulla riflessione delle radiazioni solari, correnti marine, habitat, ma anche, ai nostri giorni, sulle rotte commerciali tra Europa e Nord America. «Il riscaldamento globale potrebbe portarci a condizioni climatiche già verificatesi sul pianeta 8-10 mila anni fa, con un Oceano Artico più caldo di 2-3 gradi e privo di ghiaccio in estate. Resta da capire quando raggiungeremo queste condizioni, oggi innescate dai gas serra – commenta Carlo Barbante, co-autore della ricerca, direttore dell’Istituto per le dinamiche dei processi ambientali del Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche (Idpa-Cnr) e professore all’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia –. L’aver scoperto un metodo per ricostruire la storia del ghiaccio marino potrà aiutarci a comprendere meglio le sue interazioni con il clima futuro, con implicazioni rilevanti per l’ambiente e l’economia». L’articolo: Canadian Arctic sea ice reconstructed from bromine in the Greenland NEEM ice core pubblicato su http://www.nature.com/articles/srep33925 Andrea Spolaor, Paul Vallelonga, Clara Turetta, Niccolò Maffezzoli, Giulio Cozzi, Jacopo Gabrieli, Carlo Barbante, KumikoGoto-Azuma, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, Carlos A. Cuevas, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen Testo e immagini da Ufficio ComunicazioneUniversità Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Post n°1310 pubblicato il 24 Ottobre 2016 da diegobaratono
DA: "egitalloyd.blogspot.it" Saturday, October 22, 2016 Stop Sale of Egyptian Artifacts at New York Auction
The antiquities ministry objects to the sale of artifacts owned by the Toledo Museum of Art at Christie's in New York. Written By/ Nevine El-Aref. The Egyptian antiquities ministry is trying to prevent the sale of Egyptian artifacts by Toledo Museum of Art at Christies in New York next week. To benefit its acquisitions fund, the Ohio-based museum has put up for auction a collection of 64 works. The sale is to be made in two auctions; the first is from 19 to 26 October and will include a selection of 24 pieces from across ancient Greece, Rome, the Near East, and Egypt with highlights including a Cypriot limestone head of a male votary and an Egyptian bronze cat. The second auction will be from 21 to 24 October and will be an online auction via Christies, offering an additional 40 pieces. Upon the detection of the auctions on the internet, the ministry has undertaken all legal, legitimate and diplomatic procedures to stop them taking place and to recover the ancient Egyptian artifacts, an official told Ahram Online.
Supervisor-general of the Antiquities Repatriation Department at the ministry, Shaaban Abdel Gawad, told Ahram Online that the ministry has contacted the directors of UNESCO and the International Committee of Museums, as well as Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to cooperate with the Egyptian embassy in the United States to take all the procedures to withdraw the Egyptian artifacts, stop their sale and return them to their country of origin. The National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation led by Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany has met to discuss the incident and methods to stop the sale. Abdel Gawad described the sale of the Toledo Museum of Art’s property as unacceptable because it runs counter to the original Enlightenment role of museums as cultural and archaeological institutions. He went on to say that the ministry has recently played a major role in returning stolen and illegally smuggled antiquities. A total of 1,200 objects have been recovered within the last seven months.
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