Ancient Greek Vases Uncovered in Sandpit Dig
An exciting discovery was made at Muritai School this week. Excavators clearing a site for a new sand pit uncovered 13 Grecian vases.
The ancient vases, which were incredibly all intact, are similar to those created in the middle to late Archaic period (620 to 480 BC). During this period the technique of incising silhouetted figures onto vases became very popular and was aptly named the 'black figure' method.
Upon discovery of the vases officials from the school contacted the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to share the news. A specialist on all things 'ancient' and 'Greek', Professor M. McMillan, stated that the vases may have belonged to the crew of a support ship that had accompanied Jason and the Argonauts on their quest for the golden fleece. Professor McMillan went on to say that the crew had become separated from the Argonaut's fleet after a ferocious storm and were believed to have been lost somewhere in the South Pacific.
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| The future sand pit site where the vases were uncovered |
those vases were SO not ancient greek. the room 11 class made them i poke my head through the door sometimes and i SAW them making it!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed making the ancient vases but it toke up a lot of time.
ReplyDeleteHannah:)
Maybe we need to excavate the sandpit to a greater depth, you never know what u might find!!!! Muritai School could be onto a good thing, those vases must be worth a fortune!!!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed making the vases but I wish we could have done them quicker so we could be on to another art project.
ReplyDeleteIsobel
It was fun making the vases. I enjoyed doing the paper mache and painting the pictures on them.
ReplyDeleteRosie