Comments on: 6th c. Jewish-Roman-Tunisian mosaics http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/208 History fetish? What history fetish? Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: fragment http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/208#comment-13882 fragment Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:33:34 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/208#comment-13882 Nah, only the gravel they had laid over it. Same with the mosaics of Butrint, a few km down the road, although someone had surreptitiously scraped free the corner of one. Nah, only the gravel they had laid over it. Same with the mosaics of Butrint, a few km down the road, although someone had surreptitiously scraped free the corner of one.

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/208#comment-13875 livius drusus Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:58:58 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/208#comment-13875 Yay! In situ makes me happeh. The article is from a few years ago. Did you see the mosaic during your travels, frag? Yay! In situ makes me happeh. The article is from a few years ago. Did you see the mosaic during your travels, frag?

]]> By: fragment http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/208#comment-13874 fragment Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:47:45 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/208#comment-13874 There's a Roman-era synagogue floor mosaic menorah <i>in situ</i> in Saranda, Albania. 5th or 6th century. I went to the site - it's right in the middle of the town, but it's one of those mosaics they keep covered with gravel so as to preserve it with the elements. <a href="http://www.archaeology.org/0401/newsbriefs/albania.html" rel="nofollow">Linky</a> There’s a Roman-era synagogue floor mosaic menorah in situ in Saranda, Albania. 5th or 6th century. I went to the site - it’s right in the middle of the town, but it’s one of those mosaics they keep covered with gravel so as to preserve it with the elements.

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