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The Art of the Olympics: Let the Games Begin

July 19, 2012 Antiques, Antiquities, Collections, Exhibitions Comments Off on The Art of the Olympics: Let the Games Begin

Today, the Olympic Games is the foremost sports competition in the world with representatives of over 200 countries vying for the glory of their nations but the origins of the tournament belong to the realm of the spiritual. Founded in 776 B.C. on the ancient plains of holy Olympia, the Games were closely linked to […]

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Newfound Ancient Mural Redefines Mayan "Doomsday" Prophecy

July 9, 2012 Antiquities, Art Comments Off on Newfound Ancient Mural Redefines Mayan "Doomsday" Prophecy

Reported in the June issue of National Geographic, 1,200 year old paintings that redefine our understanding of Mayan culture have been discovered in the ancient city of Xultún. At just 6 square miles, the small city in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle was not expected to yield any artwork at all but to the […]

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Restoration of Earliest Roman Church

June 13, 2012 Antiquities, Restoration, The New York Times Antiques Comments Off on Restoration of Earliest Roman Church

The earliest monument in the Roman Forum and a crucial example of a pre-existing pagan building being converted into a Christian sanctuary, Santa Maria Antiqua provides a singular visual map of the shift from Antiquity to the nascent Christian era. Founded in the mid-fifth century, abandoned and effectively sealed off by the ninth, the church’s […]

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Ancient Eastern Seals at the Morgan

May 25, 2012 Antiquities, Exhibitions Comments Off on Ancient Eastern Seals at the Morgan

One of the most popular ongoing exhibitions at the stately Morgan Library & Museum, is the Pierpont Morgan Library’s collection of ancient Near Eastern seals, which is among the most prestigious in the U.S. Pierpont Morgan collected nearly three thousand cuneiform tablets, the bulk of which are now part of the Yale Babylonian Collection while […]

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