Maty Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) I see the Brit. Mus are doing an exhibition on Hadrian where 'Objects from 28 museums worldwide and finds from recent excavations will be shown together for the first time to reassess his legacy, which remains strikingly relevant today'. (I assume the 'relevant today' stuff relates to pulling troops out of Mesopotamia ...!) If anyone does get to see it, I'd love to get their thoughts and impressions ... Maty Edited July 17, 2008 by Maty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I see the Brit. Mus are doing an exhibition on Hadrian where 'Objects from 28 museums worldwide and finds from recent excavations will be shown together for the first time to reassess his legacy, which remains strikingly relevant today'. (I assume the 'relevant today' stuff relates to pulling troops out of Mesopotamia ...!) If anyone does get to see it, I'd love to get their thoughts and impressions ... Maty It has not started yet unfortunately for I'm currently in London and they closed parts of the roman section to make way for the exhibition... And the worst is that I leave end of this week, one week too early for the exhibition... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I see the Brit. Mus are doing an exhibition on Hadrian where 'Objects from 28 museums worldwide and finds from recent excavations will be shown together for the first time to reassess his legacy, which remains strikingly relevant today'. (I assume the 'relevant today' stuff relates to pulling troops out of Mesopotamia ...!) If anyone does get to see it, I'd love to get their thoughts and impressions ... Maty It has not started yet unfortunately for I'm currently in London and they closed parts of the roman section to make way for the exhibition... And the worst is that I leave end of this week, one week too early for the exhibition... Salve, Amici. The introductory video page Extract from a BM's note (January 10, 2008); "Following on from the unprecedented success of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 I would love to go see this. I've read it was a great success and that many critics were gushing over it. There were also great big queues to go see the exhibition. Mary Beard wrote about it recently in her blog, pointing out the many errors made by the press on Hadrian's life. Hadrian - Some Myths Busted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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