scholarly journals An Analysis of Visitors' Behavior in the Louvre Museum: A Study Using Bluetooth Data

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1113-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Yoshimura ◽  
Stanislav Sobolevsky ◽  
Carlo Ratti ◽  
Fabien Girardin ◽  
Juan Pablo Carrascal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Louvre Museum

scholarly journals III.—The Basalt of the Moabite Stone

1902 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 493-495
Author(s):  
T. G. Bonney
Keyword(s):  
Constant Pressure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Fragment ◽  
Late Professor ◽  
Semitic Language ◽  
Louvre Museum

A block of basalt, bearing an ancient inscription in a Semitic language, was discovered in 1868 at Dhiban (the Dibon of Scripture) by the Rev. F. A. Klein, of the Jerusalem Mission Society. This block, which measured 3′ 10″ × 2′ 0″ × 1′ 2·5″, proved on examination to have been erected by Mesha, King of Moab about 890 b.c., and to refer to the war mentioned in 2 Kings iii. A series of blunders on the part of those anxious to obtain this interesting relic caused a quarrel about ownership between two Arab tribes, and one of them, to spite the other, broke it in pieces. These, however, were obtained by the French Consul in Palestine, and sent to Paris, where they were fitted together so far as possible, and the repaired stone is now in the Louvre Museum. The late Professor E. H. Palmer, on a visit to Dhiban in 1870, picked up a small fragment from those still lying on the spot, which he gave to me on his return to England. The constant pressure of other work has hitherto prevented me from examining the specimen, and I have only recently had a slice prepared. The largest face of the fragment measures about 3″ × 2·5″, but the thickest part hardly exceeds half an inch. The original smoothed surface of the stone, possibly including part of a letter, may be seen on one of the sloping sides.

scholarly journals Objects as Archives of a Disrupted Past

Museum Worlds ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-101
Author(s):  
Hugo DeBlock
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The Past ◽  
Exhibition Space ◽  
Louvre Museum

Objects that were estranged from ex-colonies and are now kept in overseas museums serve as archives of the past, a past largely disrupted by colonialism. For Vanuatu, some objects of cultural heritage that are kept in museums have been recently reconnected to their original places, lineages, and even individual owners. The Lengnangulong sacred stone of Magam Village in North Ambrym is one such object, even though it is only one example in a rich tradition of carved sacred stones. As alienated and contested property in Vanuatu, Lengnangulong is kept and exhibited in the Pavillon des Sessions of the Louvre Museum in Paris, which is a contested exhibition space in itself. Here, I provide an update on discussions regarding ownership and kopiraet (Indigenous copyright) that have been accelerating in Vanuatu in recent years and on claims for repatriation of this important valuable.

scholarly journals Radiocarbon Dating of Mummified Human Remains: Application to a Series of Coptic Mummies from the Louvre Museum

Radiocarbon ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascale Richardin ◽  
Magali Coudert ◽  
Nathalie Gandolfo ◽  
Julien Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Hair Sample ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Scientific Program ◽  
Ams Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
The People ◽  
Hair Samples ◽  
Louvre Museum ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Relationship Of

Many French museums keep in their reserves a great number of mummified human remains. Beyond any ethical or deontological issues, they constitute an important part of our archaeological and historical heritage. Their dating is often inexact and imprecise, but nevertheless this parameter is very interesting, especially if correlated or associated with other analytical or typological data, e.g. the process of mummification. The present study has been carried out in the context of a multidisciplinary scientific program on a set of Coptic mummies found at the site of Antinoe (Egypt), deposited in the Louvre Museum or sent by the state to various other French museums. To minimize the sample size, we have developed a new method for the pretreatment of hair samples before accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating. Thus, we have taken samples from ≃30 mummies, distributed in 8 museums around France, and also from different textiles or plants near or on the bodies. The results and conclusions show the importance of dating mummies in a museum context. For example, 14C dates permit the exclusion of the assumed relationship of a woman with a child. Similarly, a hair sample from the head of a mummy presents a very different 14C date from that of the hair across her chest. The results show that these hairs came from another mummy and were probably placed there intentionally by the people in charge of the collections.

Performative Valorization: The Case of the Louvre Museum

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 17308
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Coblence ◽  
Laure Cabantous
Keyword(s):  
Louvre Museum
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