Roberta Mazza
@papyrologyatman
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Papyrologist and ancient historian. University of Bologna Cultural Heritage Department Ravenna https://t.co/FW5qJPhyz1 Author @pew_literary
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Joined January 2011
Released next 17 September, you can now pre-order my book #StolenFragments - a decade of investigations on big evangelical Christian money, academia and the antiquity trade
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Now available OA on the FUP website: https://t.co/KsBrH8HM2l It contains new #Greek poetry and prose fragments, mostly from Oxford @bodleianlibs (but with surprises from Florence, Genève, Cairo and New York too). Enjoy! #classics #papyrology
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Bronze Age Corsican statue sold at auction in London is a ‘fake’, French cultural authorities claim https://t.co/KE6LiCdWcO
theartnewspaper.com
Officials and archaeologists have said the small object, which was auctioned by Lyon and Turnbull for €22,500 earlier this month, is a copy
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Case of the Day: Looted in 1990 and offered at Christie's in 1999 (fetching USD 85,000), the Orpheus Mosaic was taken from Edessa (now Şanlıurfa), in southeast Türkiye. The looters documented the entire process photographically, a later 'gift' to Turkish prosecutors.
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Case of the Day: In April 2022, the Manhattan DA seized a large bronze statue of emperor Lucius Verus from Shelby White's apartment; one of 89 total antiquities from 10 countries seized at once, with a total value of $69 million. (1/2)
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Learn about the Carabinieri Art Squad’s efforts to protect Italy’s #culturalheritage from illicit #trafficking and theft, as explored by Chiara Gallo. Read our full blog post for more: https://t.co/ufsxixgn16
#ArtProtection #ItalianArt
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https://t.co/9km1xJFJqT Pretty big news, yes, but to clarify, this is NOT "the first pharaoh's tomb discovered in Egypt since Tutankhamun's." It is, though, the first such royal tomb to be discovered in the vicinity of the Valley of the Kings since Carter discovered Tut’s tomb.
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It is the first time a pharoah's tomb has been found by a British-led team since Tutankhamun's in 1922.
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https://t.co/U9tyIJNAUu Third ep of this great @BBCSounds show begins in NC and features @BartEhrman, @papyrologyatman and Mike Holmes.
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A biblical debate reveals claims of an amazing discovery - but is it too good to be true?
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If you're into early and late-antique Christian book culture, or books history in general, this online event with Willy Clarysse is for you. See you tomorrow!
We are excited to announce the first lecture of the year, which will be delivered on Wed 19 Feb 2024, at 4PM CET, by Willy Clarysse (KU Leuven) on Remnants of Christian books (2nd-8th cent. AD). If you are not yet on the mailing list, do not forget to register with @AndyHilkens!
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New @BBCRadio4 podcast Intrigue: Word of God is just excellent. Two eps. in, with @candidamoss in ep. 1 and @papyrologyatman's story beginning in ep. 2. So good! https://t.co/nJapAKvYTJ
@BBCSounds
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A scholar turned sleuth hunts stolen relics, exposing a scandal of biblical proportions.
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Must Listen: Ben Lewis unravels the tangled story of a Christian billionaire family, stolen relics, fake treasures and the scholar turned sleuth who exposed the scandal of biblical proportions. Featuring Museum of the Bible Roberta Mazza and yours truly. https://t.co/A8orOpMAa3
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A scholar turned sleuth hunts stolen relics, exposing a scandal of biblical proportions.
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US v. Eldarir UPDATE: Defendant pled guilty in EDNY yesterday to 4 felony counts of smuggling hundreds of ancient artifacts. This rare federal prosecution of #AntiquitiesTrafficking is a positive step to combat serious transnational crime. Sentencing is June 12. #CulturalHeritage
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Four pages into @papyrologyatman Stolen Fragments and I’m already appalled and traumatised 📜
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Will US importers of antiquities from Mexico, like this "Jalisco"| figurine currently on sale in San Francisco also be paying a tariff? Or will they "somehow" be exempt to keep the stuff coming into Robber-state US in huge quantities?
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Don't forget to join us today for ARCA's 3rd 2025 Cafe Klatsch - Talking Provenance!
Join us for ARCA's 3rd 2025 Cafe Klatsch - Talking Provenance on 3 February 2025 at 17:00 CET where we will host a fascinating talk on provenance research & WWII-era art claims! https://t.co/xIcEmrBDGv
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That’s me! Tune in on March 12th to hear about the trainee scribe at Mycenae who just can’t get the dative right!
A reminder that we have some seminars on the ancient Levant and Mycenaean Greece coming up soon! Zoom registration in reply post.
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The conclusion misses the mark completely. No one is trying to apply modern standards to early C20 collecting. The envoi is aimed specifically at scholars who still publish unprovenanced and illegal papyri.
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Incredibly thin stuff in @TheTLS review of @papyrologyatman’s Stolen Fragments. Obbink, if the allegations are true, betrayed every professional and ethical obligation imaginable — where does one find a gram, much less an ounce, of sympathy?
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The Unsettling Story of the Brothers Poem Papyrus. The only extant copy of #Sappho 10 might go lost forever... https://t.co/j4W3wyOqLA
facesandvoices.wordpress.com
On January 22, I had the pleasure to give a lecture at the Weston Library in Oxford for the Friends of the Bodleian about the fate of one of the papyri at the centre of my recent book, Stolen Fragm…
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