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	<title>Love of History &#187; scott hurst</title>
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		<title>Online Archaeology</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my Ancient History Competition, the right answer did not come from the archaeology headquarters. Instead, an outsider claimed the coveted and yet non-existent prize. Scott Hurst, a photographer from Texas, recognized accurately the Rampin Rider from the Acropolis museum. Without any previous archaeological knowledge he used the google search engine in order to find statues in museums. He employed various terms until he realized that the statue resembled closely the sixth century kouroi. After that the identification of the Rampin Rider was inevitable. The whole research took him 10 to 15 minutes. Scott Hurst’s success triggered some thoughts I would like to share with you. In most European universities the identification of specific statues and ancient buildings has been for decades an uncontested part of the curriculum. Undergraduate students exercise their memory and their visual abilities for years in order to learn vast catalogues of archaeological material. I remember that when I took my exams in numismatics at the Greek State Foundation of Scholarships I must have learned by heart the exact provenance and date of more than 2000 coins. In the best of the cases, students are taught how to look at specialized catalogues, so that they may locate the artifact in question. Given the efficacy of internet search engines, should this mode of teaching become redundant? Instead, should we not teach our students how to use online resources, so that they may be able to identify the objects? Once this hurdle is overcome, they can focus on the more significant aspects of archaeology and history; that is the analysis and synthesis of the material.]]></description>
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