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	<title>Love of History &#187; Libya</title>
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		<title>Misurata Hoard</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am bloging from cloudy Rome, where I participated in the Conference on the infamous MIsurata Hoard. The hoard comes from the wider area of Misurata in Libya and consists of around 107.000 low denomination coins. The last coin in the hoard is dated in 333 AD. During the conference we came to the conlcusion that this is a unique, one of its kind hoard. And yet, it can be compared with other finds from northern Africa, Italy, even the Balkans. Most of the papers focused on the circulation of coinage in the Late Antique Roman Empire (or shall I say Empires?). I was especially interested in the results of Dr. V. Drost on Le Monnayage de Maxence, who came to the conclusion that during Maxentius North Africa and Italy presented a closed currency system. The results of PhD. researcher G. Malingue were even more exciting. He attempted to reconstruct the circulation of coinage in North Africa (based on his database that covers the entire Mediterranean basin) giving a unified picture to the audience, even though there are individual characteristics for each circulation pool within the empire. I should also mention the work of Dr. S. Santangelo who listed, so far, 67.000 coins and presented a paper with the rarest of them. The database of the coins is not yet for public consumption but I hope that, in the future, the team will receive permission from the Libyan government to present it in an Open Access form. Most importantly, a fierce debate broke out regarding the nature of the hoard. Prof. S. Garrafo and Prof. J.-P. Callu supported the hypothesis that the hoard belonged to the State, that it was buried in an area of the cursus publicus (on the move) and that all of the people who knew about its existence died suddenly. On the other camp, I supported the idea that the hoard belonged to a banker, that only part of it has been recovered, that it was supposed to be immobilised for a long period of time and that its sole owner died suddenly. I had strong indications towards this direction, so Prof. E. Lo Cascio and Prof. D. Castrizio were very kind to support my views. For more details you will have to wait until the publication is out. Prof. Salvatore Garrafo who will also be the editor promised to complete the volume in the speediest of manners. And I believe him! Otherwise, the conference was great! I met some extremely interesting young scholars as well as some of the oldest professors of numismatics. The food was excellent and the accommodation so convenient that I decided to extend my stay for another three days. I own a big thank you to the people of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani for their friendliness and hospitality.]]></description>
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		<title>Illicit trade of antiquities in Libya</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;London (CNN) &#8212; The looting of a large collection of priceless coins, statues and jewelry from a bank vault during Libya&#8217;s recent civil war has highlighted the risk of looting during times of conflict. Interpol is hunting for the hoard of Roman and Hellenistic objects &#8212; dubbed the &#8220;Benghazi Treasure&#8221; &#8211;stolen from the city&#8217;s Commercial Bank in May 2011. But the theft is not an isolated incident. According to UNESCO&#8217;s Assistant Director-General for Culture Francesco Bandarin, the looting of antiquities and archaeological sites occurs regularly during times of conflict and even during peacetime. It is a problem that the UN agency is constantly battling. &#8220;In the present moment it is difficult for us to do much because the situation is still very precarious, there is no administration in place in [Libya], there are difficulties in communicating,&#8221; said Bandarin. It is difficult for us to do much because the situation is still very precarious Francesco Bandarin, Assistant Director-General for Culture, UNESCO Bandarin&#8217;s main fear is that the &#8220;Benghazi Treasure&#8221; will be dispersed or, worse, in the case of the coins, melted down and sold. The thieves reportedly drilled through the concrete ceiling of the bank vault to reach the coins and took only the most valuable items. &#8220;It looks targeted and well-planned, they knew what they were doing,&#8221; said Dr. Hafed Walda, a Libyan-born archaeologist and research fellow at King&#8217;s College, London. Few records of the treasure survive, making it even more difficult to locate, though experts believe the collection contained ancient coins excavated from Cyrenaica in Eastern Libya, as well as statues and some jewelry dating from later periods. Rumors that artifacts from the collection have surfaced in Egypt and in Tripoli are unconfirmed, and the race to find the treasure is ongoing.&#8221; From CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/11/world/europe/looted-treasure-libya/]]></description>
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