Marthari, M. 2005. Λ. ‘Ροσς: Αρχειακές μαρτυρίες για την προστασία των αρχαίων και τη μουσειακή πολιτική στις Κυκλάδες (L. Ross: archival evidence for the protection of antiquities and museum policy in the Cyclades) By Marisa Marthari

https://www.academia.edu/25655377/Marthari_M_2005_%CE%9B_%CE%A1%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%82_%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%84%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82_%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD_%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%B7_%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%9A%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%82_L_Ross_archival_evidence_for_the_protection_of_antiquities_and_museum_policy_in_the_Cyclades_ Fourteen official letters written by Ross and his associates during his tenure in charge of antiquities in the Cyclades from 1834 to 1836, published here for the first time, testify to his activities in the area. The letters are preserved in the archives of the museums of Syros and Mykonos. Ross ran an organized antiquities service, the like of which was not seen again until the 20th century. In his capacity as regional ephor and later as head of the Greek Archaeological Service, Ross sailed to the islands in the summer of 1835 and published his scholarly observations in Reisen auf den griechischen Inseln des Ägäischen Meeres (1840). Even more important was his contribution to the removal of sculptures and inscriptions to the safety of local museums that he helped create on Syros and Tinos, as well as to the preservation of archaeological sites and the struggle against the illicit antiquities trade. ...