Examples of antiquity

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In the age of consumerism, the commodification of antiquities and entire museums can hardly remain hidden.
To suggest, however, that this resulted from the imposition of religious restrictions on antiquities is rather superficial.
If most archaeological remains possess the above properties, classical antiquities had the additional advantage of occupying a central position in western imagination and cosmology.
The examples provided of 'rituals' enacted in relation to antiquities are the exceptions rather than the norm.
As a result, many present-day archaeologists and conservators of antiquities experience tourism as a blessing for their profession.
The quality of antiquities laws varies, but no matter the legislation, enforcement is a recurrent problem.
The lack of records and sufficient tracking for antiquities also hampers efforts to control the problem.
The most common practice was for the colonial powers to ship antiquities back to the motherland as newly acquired state property.
Deceptive restoration or alteration and embellishment of antiquities is another area of faking.
They were, however, generally at a disadvantage compared to men in the appreciation of antiquities, simply by virtue of their education.
By contrast, antiquities are sectioned off in museums and archaeological sites and access to them is restricted, and therefore no real opportunities for 'ritual' action are provided.
To represent relief and altitude, hachuring of hills was not completed for the published six-inch map, except for small areas of special interest, such as sites of major antiquities.
The niches into which patronage might thrust the rising scientist were scattered over a wide terrain: cosmographer, architect, designer, librarian, superintendent of antiquities, hydrographer, academician, sinecurist, university professor.
In fact, one strong argument against repatriation has been that many of the developing countries do not have the appropriate resources to care for repatriated art and antiquities.
An appropriate scientific technique has to be chosen for this task, and experience of analysing antiquities suggests that there are certain requirements of such a technique.
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