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Numismatics and Archaeology

http://coinarchaeology.blogspot.com

News and Discussion on Numismatics, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage Issues

• Added on: May 14th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Nathan T. Elkins
• Listed in: Education & Learning History
• Tags: archaeology greek coins roman looting numismatics

Recent Posts

• Digital Library Numis (DLN)

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 16:25 in scholarship, resources, research, coins, databases, numismatics

  Many readers may already be familiar with Digital Library Numis (DLN). The project "is aimed to establish a major portal and a digital repository for freely available numismatic publications on coins, medals and related subjects, which mostly can be...

• Decision Rendered in ACCG FOIA Suit Against U.S. Department of State

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 13:05 in legislation, coins, state department, lobbying, looting, accg, antiquities trade, coin trade

  The litigious measures of the ACCG, and particularly its FOIA lawsuit against the Department of State with co-plaintiffs IAPN and PNG, have come up in discussion on this website before. A decision was delivered last Friday. David Gill delivered the...

• Lost Army of Cambyses Described by Herodotus Found?

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 16:33 in egypt, archaeology, excavation

  An interesting story about the lost army of Cambyses that I picked up from my friend "Mithradates" on facebook:Vanished Persian Army Said Found in Egyptian DesertThe remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Eg...

• Halloween Archaeology

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 15:07

  Just for fun. Some Halloween-inspired archaeology at Archaeology Magazine online....

• Gold Vessel from Ur Returns to Iraq

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 17:36 in Germany, iraq, due diligence, looting, antiquities trade, coin trade

  The colored saga of the gold vessel, allegedly looted from Ur, that was spotted for sale at Münzhandlung Hirsch Nachfolger and seized has been discussed here before: "The Curious Case of a Gold Vessel from Ur," "Future of Gold Vessel from Ur (or Tro...

• Some Greek Coin Hoards Going Online

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 18:46 in scholarship, resources, research, coins, numismatics

  When I was at the International Numismatic Congress, I went to a workshop on the Digital SNG project. Since I am currently involved in a digitization project, I was excited to hear about collaborative opportunities about the electronic networking of...

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Geoff Carter

Interesting view of an expert, good insight into the specialist world of numismatics, and a very useful source of information. Very well written and accurate.

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