Tag: Antiquity
Theater: It’s booming
In Ulrich Rasche’s production of “Agamemnon” at the Munich Residenztheater, the characters race against their fate, hopelessly. source site
Fake antiquity and crooked expert… Was the Lille Palace of Fine Arts scammed?
In mid-February 2012, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille presented to the public a sumptuous ancient Egyptian piece acquired a year earlier at an auction. It was an encaustic painting…
The Many Languages of the Hittites – Knowledge
Boğazköy-Ḫattuša is a treasury. Archaeologists have been excavating the capital of the Bronze Age Hittite Empire in Central Anatolia since 1906, and they are still coming across surprises. Now an…
Lecture in Kempten: People with disabilities in ancient times – Bavaria
Although, according to the Federal Statistical Office, almost one in ten people in Germany was severely disabled in 2021, people with disabilities are still often forgotten and excluded – even…
Trial ordered for deception against art expert
The legal marathon will continue at trial. After eight years of investigation, justice sent art expert Bill Pallot, world authority on 18th century French furniture, to trial for the manufacture…
Coin discovery off Sardinia: treasure from antiquity
50,000 bronze coins from ancient times Huge treasure discovered on the seabed off Sardinia A huge coin discovery on the seabed off Sardinia is said to be one of the…
This is how brutally the Romans waged war against their neighbors – knowledge
Roman historiography found one of its favorite topics in the description of victorious campaigns. The ancient authors often recounted the glorious conquests of glorious generals in great detail, which means…
Theater: Antiquity goes into series
Huge project at the Hamburg Schauspielhaus: In five parts, artistic director Karin Beier brings the rise and fall of the city of Thebes to the stage with Roland Schimmelpfennig’s “Anthropolis”.…
Finally deciphered: the writing of the rulers – knowledge
When a French officer reported the discovery of a trilingual stele in the Egyptian desert sand in 1799, the French did what any colonial power of their time would have…
Manching: The search for the stolen pieces of gold continues – Bavaria
About a month after the suspected thieves of the Manching Celtic gold treasure were arrested, most of the loot has disappeared. According to the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA),…