»Underworld: Sites of Concealment

The photo book Underworld: Sites of Concealment disappointed me: I was expecting more of the mystery of antiquity. I had not realised that this (shrink-wrapped!) book was the catalogue from an exhibition organised by the Office of Science and Art in Frankfurt. The photographs focus exclusively on German basements, dungeons, cellars, pits, and bunkers; too many of the photographs are of military equipment. I wanted more of the fabulous Roman cisterns, like what we saw (and dined in: the Sarn?ç Restaurant) in Istanbul: