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...team of 30 scholars and students, aided by some 200 workmen. They worked at the vast site in western Turkey which during much of the 3,000 years of its history was the Paris of the ancient world. The directors of the expedition are George M. A. Hanfmann, professor of Fine Arts at Harvard, and A. Henry Detweiler of the Cornell faculty...
...Brilliantly carved, the portrait-head vibrates with nearly fanatic spirituality," Hanfmann said. "It well expresses the spirit of transition from the Roman to the Christian world, when pagan philosophers and Christian saints shared an intensive quest of otherworldiness." Because the artists tried to portray the subject's inner life, scholars have described such works as soul-portraits...
...Harvard-Cornell expedition team Sardis included 17 students and faculty members and 200 workmen under the direction of George M. A. Hanfmann, professor of Fine Arts, and A. Henry , professor at Cornell...
...these theories, just the first and more intriguing hunches of Professor Hanfmann and the scholars who joined him, are simply introductory inquiries into a number of fields to which this expedition hopes eventually to contribute...
Professor Hanfmann listed the more important areas where he feels certain Sardis excavations will eventually prove of extreme interest. "As an art historian, I am especially eager to learn more about the native school of sculpture in Sardis and feel quite hopeful that our expedition can find new examples of this style. Theologians are eager to learn more about the religious, social, and political organization of early Christian communities; Sardis is a most notable...