Posted on 10/24/2021 10:59:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A river winds its way through Ljubljana and the surrounding villages. A river that hides Slovenia’s most threatened cultural heritage. Now thousand-year-old jewelry, swords, pitchers and boats are being laboriously hauled out of the river mud, restored and exhibited.
An earring from the first century, a five-thousand-year-old wheel, a sword from Roman times. For thousands of years, different artifacts have mysteriously ended up in the Ljubljanica River...
The green Ljubljanica River is a wonder of the world. But it is an endangered wonder; the riverbank is collapsing and cultural treasures are in danger of disappearing forever...
The fragile wooden structure is barely visible from the riverbank. An extremely rare 15 meter long log boat from Roman times is half-buried in the river mud outside Ljubljana. The boat is one of the most important artifacts the project will restore and exhibit. But during the excavation, the archaeologists present a surprising discovery:
"The divers found another boat, a 30 meter long cargo ship from the first century A.D. It is quite unique. We’ve protected and preserved the most vulnerable parts, as the ship was about to be damaged by erosion. Now we have two boats to exhibit," says Irena.
So far, 8 000 historical artifacts have been found in the Ljubljanica River. Forty original pitchers, weapons and keys have been restored and exhibited.
(Excerpt) Read more at eeagrants.org ...
The gilded Roman bronze statue from Ljubljana is among the most invaluable exhibits kept in the National Museum of Slovenia and among the few nearly completely preserved bronze statues of Antiquity.The gilded Roman bronze statue from Ljubljana | March 17, 2016 | Narodni muzej Slovenije
Specialist Max Bernheimer picks out key details that set apart this major bronze figure of Bacchus dating from the 2nd century A.D. — offered in Classic Week at Christie's.
This impressive and important depiction of the god Bacchus stands at almost three feet tall. Bacchus — Dionysus to the Greeks — was a popular subject throughout the Classical world. Due to his role as the god of wine and revelry, he was an especially fitting subject to adorn wealthy Roman villas, which were commonly used for entertainment.
As Antiquities specialist Max Bernheimer explains, it is not only its large size that sets this major bronze figure apart: the inlaid copper hairband, the eyes inlaid in silver, and the ‘river patina’, which means its original golden brown hue has probably been preserved by water are all highly significant.
An important large Roman inlaid bronze Bacchus. Circa 2nd century A.D.. 33 5/8 in. (63.3 cm.) high. Estimate: $500,000-700,000. This work is offered in the Antiquities Sale on 12 April at Christie’s in New York.An Large Roman Bronze of Bacchus | March 24, 2016 | Christie's
Knowing how science news works these days, I was expecting to hear that climate change was causing the riverbank to collapse. :)
A five-thousand-year-old wheel, must be a hell of a warranty.
mmm k
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Leaving...
I thought this would be about the Mississippi. When diving as a kid, we found 9 guns downstream of the Ford bridge in Minneapolis. Many were very rusty, some were not too bad. I have no idea what ever happened to that bag of junk.
Ha! It sure seems that way. This was one bridge, on a river that’s 2350 miles long!
“a sword from Roman times”
Excaliber ?
If I’m not mistaken great things come from Solvenia, including
MRS. Trump.
I can think of a wealthy couple who could retire there and could afford to help the restoration. Hope Slovenia has a non-extradition treaty, to keep the die-hards off their backs.
The main link? I saw no such thing. It may be time for you to upgrade your browser.
And the stone to the right of it has the sword Y-caliber...
Sounds like at least nine bridge-crossers had butterfingers. :^)
Lol! That’s four 12 year old kids feeling around the bottom for about 30 feet of a 500 foot bridge. There must be a bunch of throwaways down there!
Maybe, just maybe, if they hadn’t given that poor river such a weirdo name, it wouldn’t have grown up with such low self-esteem that it needed to steal all that stuff.
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