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"The Institut français d'archéologieat
Beyrouth,under the directionof H. Seyrig,
has two pensionnaires:MM. J. Starcky,
professor at the Institut catholique at
Paris, and E. Will, former student at
the French School at Athens. The Institut is at work on the publicationson
Palmyra begun before 1939by H. Seyrig
and M. Amy, architect. Abbé Starcky is
completingthe next fasciculeof the C. I. S.,
which will be the inscriptionsof Palmyra.
"VolumeIII of the Inscriptionsgrecques
Syria and Lebanon
et latines de la Syrie (Antioche,Seleucie),
P. Mouterde, of the Institut de lettres by the late Père Jalabert and Père Mouorientales, Université St. Joseph, Bey- terde, S. J., is in press,in the seriesof the
routh, Lebanon,has furnished,via Glan- Bibliothèquearchéologiqueet historique.
"The architectsof the excavationof Enville Downey,the followingcommentson
current eventsin Syria and Lebanon:
komi, in Cyprus, under the direction of
"Syria: A congressfor the conservation Cl. A. Schaeffer, visited Beyrouth in
and study of Arabic antiquities met at October."
Damascuson 13 September,1947at the invitation of the League of Arab Nations. Maimonides
The participants, almost without excepMetropolitan newspapers of December
tion, belongedto the Arab states. Before il carried an account of the discovery,
their archaeologicaltour, the membersof
Saul Lieberman, Professorof Palesthe congresswere presentedwith copiesof by
tinian Literature and Institutions at the
the Guide to Palmyra (in Arabic), the Jewish TheologicalSeminaryof America,
joint work of Jean Starcky of the In- New York, that a manuscript,found in
stitut français archéologieof Beyrouth Cairo fifty years ago by SolomonSchechand of Salah ed-Din al-Mounajjed, chef ter and sincethen depositedin the library
de bureau of the Service des antiquités of Cambridge University,
contains four
at Damascus.
from a lost work by Maifragments
long
"The Institut français of Damascus,untwelfth-centuryphilosopherand
der the direction of Professor Henri monides,
rabbinicalscholar,on ancientJewish law;
Laoust, has two pensionnaires:MM. Sami not only that, but according to Morris
Dahan of Syria and N. Eliseef of France. Lutsky, researchassistantat the seminary
"Lebanon: The Servicedes antiquitésof library,they are in Maimonides*
ownhandLebanon,under the directionof the Emir writing.
Maurice Chehab, continuesthe restoraThe work, on the Palestinian Talmud,
tion of ancienttemplesat Ba'albek (Heli- was never
publishedby Maimonidesand
and
Niha
Faqra.
opolis),
was consideredto have been lost since his
"The Service has also explored, in death in 1204.
Galilee, not far from Tyre, a deposit of
Hellenistic statuettes. At Beyrouth, J.
Lauffray, architect, has been commis- Athens
sionedto draw up the remainsof the forum
The new schoolyear officiallybegan on
of Berytus. At Tyre, Maurice Chehab is October1, thoughbecauseof irregularities
in charge of an extensive excavation, in transportationseveral membersarrived
southwestof the ancientcity. The results later. Studentsin residenceincludeMisses
of all these activitieswill appear in the Mabel L. Lang, Hazel Palmer, Nathalie
Bulletindu Muséede Beyrouth.
Runyon, and Marian Welker, and
"Three American prehistoric scholars, Messrs. R. K. V. Andrews, L. P. McFathers Doherty, Ewing, and Murphy, Cauley, G. Roger Edwards, and FredS. J., are continuingthe excavationsthey erick Tunnell. Two appointedFellows
did not go out: Jerome Sperling, of Yale
began in 1938-1939at Antelias.
"In connectionwith the operation of University, who is reported to have refreeing the port of Saida (Sidon) from turned to military service, and Ludwig
sand, the Service des travaux publics Edelstein.
of the governmentof Lebanon and the
Becauseof civil disturbancesin several
Régie générale have called in the expert sections,the program of schooltrips was
services of Père A. Poidebard for aerial modified;Delphi and the northernpart of
and submarine examinationof the port. the northerntrip were omittedand a trip
The results of this investigation,when to Delos, conductedby Saul Weinberg,
added to the plan of the ancient port was substituted.
drawn by J. Lauffray, make it possible
The Agora excavations,suspended on
to comparethe port with those of Tyre August 15, were resumedfor six weekson
and Carthage.
September15.

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ARCHAEOLOGY
At Corinth,excavationswere at a standstill during the summer,membersof the
staff busyingthemselvesworkingon their
specificprojects; but one small excavation
was completedduring September. In the
Southeast Building, a well had been
cleared last spring, but could not be completelyexcavatedon accountof the water.
The lower water level at the end of the
summerpermittedthe clearing of the last
meter and a half. This proved to contain a fine collectionof Megarian bowls,
part of one relief bowl with three feet in
the shape of masks, other Hellenistic
pottery,a gilded terracottahead of Aphrodite or Artemis,half life size, a fine helneted head of Athens, and other terracotta objects. "The depositis of particular importancebecause it can be dated
to the time immediately preceding the
destructionof Corinth under Mummius."
"Work has been begun on a plaster
model of the Lion Monumentat Amphipolis,whichwas restoredin 1936and 1937.
The model of the lion is being made by
a sculptor,John Notaras; the rest will
be doneby Christos Mamelis (otherMSS.
the technical expert in
MAMMELis-Ed.),
the Agora, who made the Agora model
under the direction of John Travlos.
The expensesfor the model of the Lion
Monumentwill be taken out of the funds
left over from the restorationof the monument."
". . . It is the biggest thing that has
happened here this fall and one of the
most encouraging things that has ever
happened in archaeologicalcircles. I
refer, of course, to the series of lectures
that the American School has instituted
for the benefit of the large number of
Americans who are not archaeologists
who are now gatheredhere as membersof
the AmericanMissionfor Aid to Greece
and the American Embassy. It was the
idea of Professor Oscar Broneer, the
Acting Director of the School,to institute
a series of Saturday afternoon lectures,
about eighteen in all, that would cover
the whole range of the history and monumentsof Athens from earliesttimes down
to the War of Independence. These are
to be given by various membersof the
staff of the School. Professor Broneer
has also suggesteda series of excursions
to important sites within easy reach of
Athens, these also to be led by members
of the School.
"The serieswas inauguratedon October
il by Professor Broneer with a lecture
on Early Athens,which was attendedby
forty-fiveenthusiasticAmericans. It was
thought then that the attendancewould
even off at a somewhatlesser figure for
the rest of the series,but when Professor
Broneer gave his second and third lectures, on the Primitive Cult Placeson the

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