Latest Breaking News On - Nautical archaeology - Page 14 : comparemela.com
George Bass, archaeologist of the ocean floor, dies at 88
bostonglobe.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bostonglobe.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
George Bass, Archaeologist of the Ocean Floor, Dies at 88
nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ancient mosaic returns to Rome after stint as a New York coffee table
A 2000-year-old Roman artefact that once graced an emperorâs ship, before ending up in the home of a Manhattan antiquities dealer, is now in an Italian museum.
A first-century mosaic from the deck of one of Caligulaâs lavish ceremonial ships went on display at a museum in Nemi, Italy, last Thursday.Â
AP
Save
Share
If stones could speak, the mosaic unveiled recently at an archaeological museum just south of Rome would have quite the tale to tell.
It was crafted in the first century AD for the deck of one of two spectacularly decorated ships on Lake Nemi that the emperor Caligula commissioned as floating palaces. Recovered from underwater wreckage in 1895, the mosaic was later lost for decades, only to re-emerge several years ago as a coffee table in the living room of a New York City antiques dealer.
Long-Lost Mosaic From a âFloating Palaceâ of Caligula Returns Home
A 2,000-year-old artifact that had ended up in the home of a Manhattan antiquities dealer is now in an Italian museum.
A first-century mosaic from the deck of one of Caligulaâs lavish ceremonial ships went on display at a museum in Nemi, Italy, on Thursday.Credit.Paolo Santalucia/Associated Press
March 14, 2021
NEMI, Italy â If stones could speak, the mosaic unveiled recently at an archaeological museum just south of Rome would have quite the tale to tell.
It was crafted in the first century for the deck of one of two spectacularly decorated ships on Lake Nemi that the Emperor Caligula commissioned as floating palaces. Recovered from underwater wreckage in 1895, the mosaic was later lost for decades, only to re-emerge several years ago as a coffee table in the living room of a Manhattan antiques dealer.
Marine Archaeologist George Bass Has Died
Father of Marine Archaeology,” passed away this week at the age of 88.
Bass was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Founder of the
Institute of Nautical Archaeology at
Texas A&M University.
“Since 1960, he has conducted shipwreck excavations and underwater surveys primarily off the Turkish coast. He obtained an MA in Near Eastern Archaeology from the Johns Hopkins University in 1955, followed by two years at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, and two years in the U.S. Army. In 1964 he received a doctorate in Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania where he remained as a faculty member until he became founder of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) in 1973. This institute became affiliated with Texas A&M University in 1976. He has written and edited twelve books and over a hundred articles, five of which are featured in National Geographic. He has been awarded the Archaeological I
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.