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The Rose reviewed: a comedy(?) of errors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Martin Biddle
Martin Biddle*
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Faculty of Modern History, University of Oxford, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BD
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Abstract

The identification, partial excavation, and covering-up again of the Rose Theatre in London this summer roused public interest unparalleled since the discovery of the Temple of Mithras 35 years ago. How is it that the future of an archaeological site of such importance has still to be resolved under threat in a flurry of direct action, injunctions, and media attention? Martin Biddle was almost the only archaeologist not directly involved who was prepared publicly to explore the issues in the press and on radio and television. Here he sets out his views of the lessons of the Rose.

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Antiquity , Volume 63 , Issue 241 , December 1989, pp. 753 - 760
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1989

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