The joint exhibition with the Bible Museum on ‘Body.Cult.Religion’ will run for another month. This month, Paula Rothmund and Cornelius Breulmann will be showing the various aspects of the human body in antiquity during the ‘Topic of the Month’ from 2.15 pm. The guided tours are free, admission to the museum costs six and three euros respectively. Students at the University of Münster do not have to pay admission. Registration is not necessary.

Although the rock city of Petra was the original centre of the Nabataean Empire, its first coins were minted in Damascus. The Syrian city was taken over by King Aretas III in 84 BC, who made it his residence city. To mark his success and the slowly consolidating state structures, Aretas had a total of four different coin types minted, of which a bronze coin with the image of Tyche of Damascus is our ‘Coin of the Month’ for January. The Nabataean silver and bronze coins followed the Phoenician weight standard. This may have been due to the close economic relations between the regions.

3D glasses are required to get a realistic impression The Archaeological Museum has one more exciting attraction: yesterday (21 November), a new VR station was opened in the basement on Domplatz, providing an insight into the rich history of the city of Doliche. This has been systematically researched by the Asia Minor Research Centre since 2015. In recent years, an early Christian episcopal church built in the late fourth century AD on the southern slope of Keber Tepe was discovered. The fact that the exploration of the three-aisled basilica can now be experienced ‘live’ in the Archaeological Museum is a particular stroke of luck for excavation director Prof. Michael Blömer: ‘As the excavation has now been covered up again, you can now see more in Münster than on site.’ Unlike the special exhibition, a visit to the basement is free of charge.

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