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The unveiling of the "Artemidorus Papyrus" in Turin in 2006 was a media event that was timed to coincide with the Winter Olympics. The conference on the fragmentary sheet of papyrus that was held at St. John's college, Oxford in 2008 was not so celebrated but produced solid discussions as to the nature and authenticity of the papyrus. It has been provisionally dated to the first century BCE but, as the scholars suggest, that can be called into question. Most agree that it seems to be an artist's sketchpad with a passage from Artemidorus, a map of Spain and a number of drawings of heads, hands, feet and animals. The papyrus is reproduced in several illustrations for the reader to examine. Brodersen (Universität Erfurt) and Elsner (Oxford) present the views of experts in Greek language, paleography, art, cartography and in the composition and use of papyrus. They are all unsure whether or not the papyrus is genuine but speculate on the intellectual worth of it should it prove to be. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)