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Aug 18

Photo of the Week: Corinth Press Conference

Press conference in Corinth (Photo: EPA/VASSILIS PSOMAS)

GREECE.- Minister of Culture, Pavlos Geroulanos, speaks to the public during a special ceremony at the Klenia Archaeological Museum of Acient Corinthos, Greece, 17 August 2011. Two Kouros-style marble statues, dating back to 6th century BC.The two statues, named the Kouri (plural) of Tenea , are on display in a specially designed exhibition hall at the museum. The statues were unearthed during an illegal excavation in Klenies district of southern Corinth prefecture. Police arrested antiquities smugglers in May 2010 and the statues were sent to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens for restoration. EPA/VASSILIS PSOMAS.    Story and Photo from Artdaily.org.

I have Greece on the brain because I will be there in less than a month!  More about my trip soon.

Jul 28

India Temple Treasure

16th-century Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

This week, I was reading about the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in  Trivandrum in the far south of Indian.  After allegations of  mismanagement and poor security, the temple’s vaults were opened to inventory its holdings.  It is apparently not uncommon for temples in Indian to own golden or jeweled precious objects donated by rich patrons over the centuries.  But at Padmanabhaswamy, they found what can really only be described as a Treasure – with a capital T!  Estimates range from $11-22 billion US dollars worth of gold, diamonds and gems.  The Indian government quickly stepped in to protect the site and arbitrate how this wealth is spent and/or protected.  I am looking forward to the final inventory and more photos of the art in the vaults but it’s mind-boggling to think that all of this was hidden underground for so long!

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