Post by Kassandros on Sept 17, 2009 17:47:21 GMT -5
From a Macedonian official newspaper
www.mia.com.mk/default.aspx?vId=67570714&lId=2&pmId=503
UW student finds precious gem at Israeli dig
Seattle, September 17 (MIA) -
A 2,300-year-old gemstone delicately carved with a portrait of Alexander the Great was discovered by a University of Washington student on an archaeological dig in Israel, a professor at the school says, AP reports.
"This is an incredibly rare find," said Sarah Stroup, a UW associate professor of classics who led a group of 20 Washington students who took part in the summer dig. "The carving is of the highest quality that could have been done in that period."
The carnelian stone, less than a half-inch long, was found at the Tel Dor archaeological site on Israel's northwest coast. It is believed to date from shortly after 332 B.C., when Alexander conquered the region.
The carving shows Alexander "as young and forceful, with a strong chin, straight nose and long curly hair held in place by a diadem," Ayelet Gilboa, chairman of the archaeology department at Israel's University of Haifa, said in a news release.
The find was announced Tuesday by Gilboa and Ilan Sharon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the leaders of the dig at Tel Dor, a 4,000-year-old village that once a major port on the Mediterranean. The gemstone has been cleaned and is on display at an Israeli museum.
Stroup told The Seattle Times the stone likely was set in a ring and worn by a wealthy resident as a status symbol. She said its discovery challenges the assumption that the region was populated by simple people unacquainted with Greek aesthetics.
Stroup said the gemstone was found in mid-July by Megan Webb, who majored in ceramics at Philadelphia University and was earning some summer credits at the UW's Tel Dor Field School while applying to graduate schools. The UW team returned to the U.S. early last month.
"Never in all my years excavating have I ever seen anything like this come up from the ground, and I don't ever expect to again," Stroup said.
While coins bearing Alexander's image are relatively common, University of California at Berkeley professor Andrew Stewart, an expert on the Greek king, said there are only two or three dozen carved stones with his likeness dating from pre-Roman times.
The gem, he said, is priceless.
"This is a very nice discovery, and one that's very hard to make, given that this kind of thing can escape very easily," he said, referring to the stone's tiny size. "It's a very useful addition to our corpus of Alexander images." sk/fd/10:04
Read it before Gruevski change it! ... because MINA newspaper has changed it already!
macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/8273/53/
A 2,300-year-old gemstone delicately carved with a portrait of Alexander the Great was discovered by a University of Washington student on an archaeological dig in Israel, a professor at the school says, AP reports.
"This is an incredibly rare find," said Sarah Stroup, a UW associate professor of classics who led a group of 20 Washington students who took part in the summer dig. "The carving is of the highest quality that could have been done in that period."
The carnelian stone, less than a half-inch long, was found at the Tel Dor archaeological site on Israel's northwest coast. It is believed to date from shortly after 332 B.C., when Alexander conquered the region.
The carving shows Alexander "as young and forceful, with a strong chin, straight nose and long curly hair held in place by a diadem," Ayelet Gilboa, chairman of the archaeology department at Israel's University of Haifa, said in a news release.
The find was announced Tuesday by Gilboa and Ilan Sharon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the leaders of the dig at Tel Dor, a 4,000-year-old village that once a major port on the Mediterranean. The gemstone has been cleaned and is on display at an Israeli museum.
Stroup told The Seattle Times the stone likely was set in a ring and worn by a wealthy resident as a status symbol. She said its discovery challenges the assumption that the region was populated by simple people unacquainted with Macedonian aesthetics.
Stroup said the gemstone was found in mid-July by Megan Webb, who majored in ceramics at Philadelphia University and was earning some summer credits at the UW's Tel Dor Field School while applying to graduate schools. The UW team returned to the U.S. early last month.
"Never in all my years excavating have I ever seen anything like this come up from the ground, and I don't ever expect to again," Stroup said.
While coins bearing Alexander's image are relatively common, University of California at Berkeley professor Andrew Stewart, an expert on the Macedonian king, said there are only two or three dozen carved stones with his likeness dating from pre-Roman times.
The gem, he said, is priceless.
"This is a very nice discovery, and one that's very hard to make, given that this kind of thing can escape very easily," he said, referring to the stone's tiny size. "It's a very useful addition to our corpus of Alexander images."
Guys.. really now... if that is not humiliation of a country... then.. WTF IS IT?!!
What EU and NATO bre Tourkogypsies?! Its a miracle you belong to Balkans! Praise God for that and forget EU and NATO!
Demosthenes.. enjoy your people.
PS. By the way.. Demosthenes.. can you stop modifying MY words?
We all know Macedonians accept Alexander was Macedonian.
Me, Arxileas, Kastorianos and other are trully believe it.
There is not reason to say "Macedonian accept"... reffering to us.. because that is not.... News to start a thread.
www.mia.com.mk/default.aspx?vId=67570714&lId=2&pmId=503
UW student finds precious gem at Israeli dig
Seattle, September 17 (MIA) -
A 2,300-year-old gemstone delicately carved with a portrait of Alexander the Great was discovered by a University of Washington student on an archaeological dig in Israel, a professor at the school says, AP reports.
"This is an incredibly rare find," said Sarah Stroup, a UW associate professor of classics who led a group of 20 Washington students who took part in the summer dig. "The carving is of the highest quality that could have been done in that period."
The carnelian stone, less than a half-inch long, was found at the Tel Dor archaeological site on Israel's northwest coast. It is believed to date from shortly after 332 B.C., when Alexander conquered the region.
The carving shows Alexander "as young and forceful, with a strong chin, straight nose and long curly hair held in place by a diadem," Ayelet Gilboa, chairman of the archaeology department at Israel's University of Haifa, said in a news release.
The find was announced Tuesday by Gilboa and Ilan Sharon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the leaders of the dig at Tel Dor, a 4,000-year-old village that once a major port on the Mediterranean. The gemstone has been cleaned and is on display at an Israeli museum.
Stroup told The Seattle Times the stone likely was set in a ring and worn by a wealthy resident as a status symbol. She said its discovery challenges the assumption that the region was populated by simple people unacquainted with Greek aesthetics.
Stroup said the gemstone was found in mid-July by Megan Webb, who majored in ceramics at Philadelphia University and was earning some summer credits at the UW's Tel Dor Field School while applying to graduate schools. The UW team returned to the U.S. early last month.
"Never in all my years excavating have I ever seen anything like this come up from the ground, and I don't ever expect to again," Stroup said.
While coins bearing Alexander's image are relatively common, University of California at Berkeley professor Andrew Stewart, an expert on the Greek king, said there are only two or three dozen carved stones with his likeness dating from pre-Roman times.
The gem, he said, is priceless.
"This is a very nice discovery, and one that's very hard to make, given that this kind of thing can escape very easily," he said, referring to the stone's tiny size. "It's a very useful addition to our corpus of Alexander images." sk/fd/10:04
Read it before Gruevski change it! ... because MINA newspaper has changed it already!
macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/8273/53/
A 2,300-year-old gemstone delicately carved with a portrait of Alexander the Great was discovered by a University of Washington student on an archaeological dig in Israel, a professor at the school says, AP reports.
"This is an incredibly rare find," said Sarah Stroup, a UW associate professor of classics who led a group of 20 Washington students who took part in the summer dig. "The carving is of the highest quality that could have been done in that period."
The carnelian stone, less than a half-inch long, was found at the Tel Dor archaeological site on Israel's northwest coast. It is believed to date from shortly after 332 B.C., when Alexander conquered the region.
The carving shows Alexander "as young and forceful, with a strong chin, straight nose and long curly hair held in place by a diadem," Ayelet Gilboa, chairman of the archaeology department at Israel's University of Haifa, said in a news release.
The find was announced Tuesday by Gilboa and Ilan Sharon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the leaders of the dig at Tel Dor, a 4,000-year-old village that once a major port on the Mediterranean. The gemstone has been cleaned and is on display at an Israeli museum.
Stroup told The Seattle Times the stone likely was set in a ring and worn by a wealthy resident as a status symbol. She said its discovery challenges the assumption that the region was populated by simple people unacquainted with Macedonian aesthetics.
Stroup said the gemstone was found in mid-July by Megan Webb, who majored in ceramics at Philadelphia University and was earning some summer credits at the UW's Tel Dor Field School while applying to graduate schools. The UW team returned to the U.S. early last month.
"Never in all my years excavating have I ever seen anything like this come up from the ground, and I don't ever expect to again," Stroup said.
While coins bearing Alexander's image are relatively common, University of California at Berkeley professor Andrew Stewart, an expert on the Macedonian king, said there are only two or three dozen carved stones with his likeness dating from pre-Roman times.
The gem, he said, is priceless.
"This is a very nice discovery, and one that's very hard to make, given that this kind of thing can escape very easily," he said, referring to the stone's tiny size. "It's a very useful addition to our corpus of Alexander images."
Guys.. really now... if that is not humiliation of a country... then.. WTF IS IT?!!
What EU and NATO bre Tourkogypsies?! Its a miracle you belong to Balkans! Praise God for that and forget EU and NATO!
Demosthenes.. enjoy your people.
PS. By the way.. Demosthenes.. can you stop modifying MY words?
We all know Macedonians accept Alexander was Macedonian.
Me, Arxileas, Kastorianos and other are trully believe it.
There is not reason to say "Macedonian accept"... reffering to us.. because that is not.... News to start a thread.