3rd Century Alexander the Great Roman Gold Medallion
Part of the Aboukir Treasure, a sensational cache found in 1902 at Aboukir, Egypt, northeast of Alexandria. This medallion portrays the noble visage of Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) as an invincible war hero holding a spear and shield. It is now on display in the Bode Museum, Berlin, Germany.
It's got that Han Solo frozen-in-carbonite look to it.
ReplyDeleteI can't say what it says on the reverse side, but I'm pretty sure that I know what it doesn't say: "Federal Reserve Bank of Rome".
ReplyDeleteHere you go.
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Al_in_Ottawa
I have to marvel at the amount of historical art and other objects that were stolen from Egypt. Sure, some could argue that finders keepers and the objects were ferried out of Egypt to "preserve" them. However, the fact remains that all of these objects, residing in museums in Europe, were in fact heritage that was stolen from Egypt and other ancient civilizations.
ReplyDeleteThe British were the biggest artwork and treasure thieves in history. Not only did they steal from Egypt, they plundered ALL of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. There are rooms in the British Museum full of marble busts and statue heads of gods and politicians from Greece, Rome and Crete stacked three and four shelves high.
Nemo
That is one rather false perspective. If it were not for the British and the Germans funding these excavations all of these historical remnants would still be buried and unfounded. There is a cost to do all of this. That cost is having some of those remnants relocated.
DeleteYou know why the pyramids are in Egypt? They wouldn't fit in the British museum...
DeleteYou could also argue that all the treasures would've been looted by others and ended up in private collections, never to be seen again.
DeleteThink of all the treasures of the Inca, Aztecs and maya…..oh wait, they were made of gold and the Spanish melted every one of them for the gold….
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