6 janvier 2010

LE CAIRE (EGYPTE) [06.01.10] – Une mission archéologique égyptienne a mis à jour deux nouvelles tombes à Saqqara. Selon le Conseil Suprême des Antiquités égyptiennes, l'une serait le plus vaste complexe funéraire de cette vaste nécropole, datant de la XXVIe dynastie, entre 653 et 525 avant J.-C. Deux nouvelles tombes ont été découvertes à Saqqara, au sud du Caire, selon une déclaration du Conseil Suprême des Antiquités égyptiennes. Des archéologues égyptiens travaillent à l'étude des deux tombes sous l'égide de Zahi Hawass, le... [Lire la suite]

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A large pair of turquoise and aubergine buddhist lions. Kangxi period. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 A female with clambering pup at her feet and a male with loose, pierced brocade ball, modeled in mirror image with open jaws revealing teeth, fangs and tongue left in the biscuit, their loose eyes picked out in black, at the back of the male's base a cyclical date wu chen, probably for 1668, and a three-character potter's mark are inscribed; 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) high (2) - Est. $20,000 - $30,000 A pair of... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni di Paolo (Siena, c.1397-1482) Madonna and Child enthroned between Saints Bartholomew and James and two female saints. Panel , 37.3 x 26.7 cm, 14¾  x  10½ ins (with original frame); 29 x 19 cm, 112/5  x 7½ ins (painted surface) Moretti Fine Art will stage their third US exhibition, which will be entitled From the Gothic Tradition to the Early Renaissance, at their gallery at 24 East 80th Street, New York, from 19 January to 12 February 2010.  Some twenty works will not only reveal the richness of... [Lire la suite]

Manuscrits de Qumrân. photo via www.la-bible.net TORONTO (CANADA) [05.01.10] – A l'issue d'une exposition d'une partie des manuscrits de Qumrân dans un musée canadien, la Jordanie a réclamé la saisie de ces documents, qui devaient retourner en Israël. Selon les Jordaniens, ils ont été confisqués par les Israéliens pendant la Guerre des Six Jours en 1967. Le gouvernement canadien a refusé d'intervenir. Depuis leur découverte en 1947 à Qumrân, les manuscrits de la mer Morte n'ont cessé de susciter l’intérêt des chercheurs et... [Lire la suite]

Some of the artifacts seized by the police which were discovered hidden near a shrine, in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad. AP Photo/Iraqi Police. BAGHDAD (AP).- Iraqi police on Tuesday seized a small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts in the south of the country that officials said were set to be smuggled abroad and sold. Iraq, home to relics of the world's most ancient urban civilizations, has had its priceless heritage plundered and sold to collectors abroad in the chaotic years... [Lire la suite]