{"id":1044,"date":"2014-02-27T02:01:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T02:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.darkon.org\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2014-02-27T02:01:38","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T02:01:38","slug":"the-alexander-mosaic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkon.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/27\/the-alexander-mosaic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alexander Mosaic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Naples) With a major motion picture portraying Pompeii in theaters now, a new discovery is sending shockwaves through history and archaeological circles. It is only somewhat related to Pompeii though. It has to do with one of the most iconic images of Alexander the Great, created during the Roman Era, and found in the House of Faun in Pompeii. The original is preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum and is believed to depict Alexander the Great in battle with Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Issus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, we knew this Pompeii movie thing was going to be a chance for us to get the general public to take an interest in our history,\u201d said a curator of the museum who wished to remain anonymous. \u201cSo we have been looking around for any items that maybe we haven\u2019t displayed before – to do a special exhibition. You know – get the families out. That was when one of my assistants found the bag of tiles in one of our basement storage areas. It was a bag marked \u2018Article 717D – extra tiles.\u2019 Now \u2018717D\u2019 was what \u2018The Alexander Mosaic\u2019 was referred to before it was \u2018The Alexander Mosaic.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The bag had been forgotten after its contents could not be placed in the mosaic by the original restorers. There were some notes found that indicated that \u2018the colors were unnatural\u2019 and the placement \u2018did not make sense.\u2019 So they were simply stored as extras. When they were rediscovered recently, a local university lent use of a high-tech scanner and advanced software to determine where the tiles should be placed. Those placements have drawn interest and criticism from across several academic communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis may not be Alexander and Darius III at the Battle of Issus at all,\u201d the source continued. \u201cThere has long been a debate as to why Alexander himself was attacking and spearing Darius\u2019 brother Oxyathres. If we are to believe the tiles now \u2026 Oxyathres had some kind of ball of fire in his hand \u2026 and had a hoop of gold hanging around his neck \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPossibly a ring.\u201d<\/p>\n

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THE RINGS GAME is this year\u2019s Bellum Aeternus III Adventure, to take place Thursday night and all day Friday of BeAe III.<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.theringsgame.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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