09-17-2010, 10:54 PM
|
#82 (permalink)
|
|
The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
|
A Christie’s employee poses for photographs behind a
Roman bronze helmet found with the use of a metal detector,
at the auction house’s offices in London, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010.
The helmet is topped with a griffin. The face mask features
perfectly arched eyebrows and an ancient gaze, framed by curls,
and it is up for auction. Considered an extraordinary example of
Roman metalwork, the mask was discovered in a field in
northwestern England by a treasure-hunter armed with a
metal detector. It is to be offered at auction Oct. 7 by Christie’s,
with a guide price of 200,000 to 300,000 pounds,
euro 240,000 to 360,000 ($242,000 to 363,000). --(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
__________________
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
|
|
|