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The Roman Forum at Stobi
The Roman city of Stobi in Republic of Macedonia is located on the main road that leads from the Danube to the Aegean Sea, at the place where the Erigón river (mod. River Crna) joins the Axiós river (mod. Vardar), making it important strategically as a center for both trade and warfare. The pre-Roman period comprises Stobi (near Gradsko) as an ancient town of Paionia, later conquered by Macedon. The first excavation were done from 1924 to 1936 by The Museum of Belgrade when was discovered currently the most of the visible public and private buildings including the city’s theatre, built in the third century. The most significant finds occurred between 1970 and 1980 by Yugoslav and American archaeologists.
Excavations of the ancient site of Stobi are still running. They are carried out within Archaeological and Tourist Valorization of the Ancient Town of Stobi Project funded by the Italian Foreign Ministry in collaboration with CISS NGO in Palermo and the Museum of Macedonia. The excavations in the Roman Forum started in 2003 and have shown that the Forum, a 2nd and 3rd century structure, had a monumental entrance consisting of three 7-meter high columns connceted with arcades on the top. Two new structures in service of the first one have been unearthed so far. A joint team of Macedonian and Italian archaeologists this summer have made great progress in uncovering the deeply buried Roman Forum at Stobi.
The other major buildings in Stobi (check on Wikipedia)
The Episcopal residence
The Episcopal basilica
Northern Basilica
Civil Basilica
Large Baths (Magnae Thermae)
Small Baths (Thermae minores)
The House of the Psalms
Central Basilica and Synagogue
Domus Fullonica
The House of Peristeria
Half-circle square
The House of Parthenius
The Palace of Theodosius
What an idiots – UN peacekeepers vandalised ancient rock paintings
Ако уметност стара 6000 години нацртана по беспаќата на карпите во Сахара и ставенa под заштита како светско културно богатство успеалa да бидe уништенa, што останува за оригинални артефакти поставени во сред град. Не постои медиум (освен македонските нормално) кој во последните месец дена не напиша сторија за овој настан. Меѓутоа да не постираше археологот Ник Брукс на својот блог и да не ги објавеше сликите во јавноста, не верувам дека одговорните во UN ќе ја признаеја вината, ниту пак дека Лондонски Тајмс ќе известеше за овој невиден резил. Ник Брукс (Nick Brooks) кој е дел од Western Sahara Project: Archaeology and Environmental Change in Arid North-West Africa, на својот блог за жал објаснува дека вандализирањето во Лајуад од страна на мировните сили на UN не се случува прв пат. Местото Lajuad дури и без оваа карпеста уметност е познато како археолошки локалитет, а Ѓаволската планина во која е сместен од локалното наслеление на Сахара е третирана како свето место со огромно културно значење.
Western Sahara has been at the centre of a bitter dispute since former colonial power Spain pulled out in 1975 and neighbouring Morocco invaded. UN peacekeepers were deployed in 1991 to monitor a ceasefire between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario Front, which has been seeking independence for the territory.
Извори: BBC News, Times Online (31 January 2008), AFP (1 February 2008)
