Arts and Humanities · Archeology
A study of Apollonia, Cyrene’s harbor on Libya’s coast, reconstructs how early Greek engineers adapted natural rock ridges and small islands into a working port. It also finds that tectonic movements changed the shoreline and submerged much of the harbor, making its remains harder to interpret.
A preliminary archaeological report on Quseir Al-Qadim documents evidence from the Red Sea port’s Roman and Islamic periods. Its chapters cover ceramics, glass, lamps, inscriptions, written records, textiles, animal and plant remains, marine life and historic mosques.
An ultraviolet examination of a 22.2-centimeter ancient Egyptian ushabti found material evidence that its inscription was altered for a later owner. The object’s original five-line text was erased and partly replaced with a shorter inscription naming Jt.f.
