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| Correct map of Byzantine Empire under Justinian |
I love this
one. At New York's
Metropolitan Museum of Art ("The Met," that is), a thirteen-year-old visited the
Byzantine Gallery. When he took a close look at a map of the Byzantine Empire under Justinian, something seemed wrong. He had a question for the museum staff. Why weren't the regions in northern Africa and Spain included?
It took a few months, but recently Benjamin Lerman Coady received an email from the Met's curator for Byzantine art, acknowledging the error in the Met's map.
Some seventh-grade student (and teacher)! And a good argument for more field trips . . . .
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