Comments on: More subway archaeology http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/231 History fetish? What history fetish? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Clutch http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/231/comment-page-1#comment-14105 Clutch Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:57:11 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/231#comment-14105 Maybe because it's just a bit less overwhelming, but also because its northern/Macedonian focus is a bit narrower, I think I enjoyed the Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum more than the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Which sounds strange, maybe, because the TAM is provincial and NAMA is among the world's greatest in terms of the quality of its ancient collection. But TAM, like Thessaloniki itself, is a bit more open and manageable. Anyhow, I wonder what the construction plan is when they encounter things like this. Divert? Or disturb? (The latter, I reckon.) Maybe because it’s just a bit less overwhelming, but also because its northern/Macedonian focus is a bit narrower, I think I enjoyed the Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum more than the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Which sounds strange, maybe, because the TAM is provincial and NAMA is among the world’s greatest in terms of the quality of its ancient collection. But TAM, like Thessaloniki itself, is a bit more open and manageable.

Anyhow, I wonder what the construction plan is when they encounter things like this. Divert? Or disturb? (The latter, I reckon.)

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