Articles in Antiquities
Artifacts from The Banks Project archaeological dig on display at Cincinnati Museum Center
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center is pleased to announce that the artifacts from The Banks Project are now on display for public viewing in the Cincinnati History Museum. This display contains many artifacts of local history and gives testimony to the everyday people who lived, worked, and enjoyed the banks of the Ohio River. Now, 200 years later, the riverfront is alive again as people flock to the riverfront to live, to work and to enjoy themselves. On August 7, 2008 representatives ... Read More
California Science Center presents Cleopatra. The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt
The California Science Center announces Cleopatra. The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt, an exhibition on view from May 23, 2012. More than 150 priceless Egyptian artifacts illuminating the life of Cleopatra VII, one of the most provocative and powerful women in history, will be on view including colossal statues, jewelry, coins and items from her sunken palace in Alexandria and other ancient sites that were significant during her life as queen. Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of ... Read More
Huntington Acquires St. George and the Dragon Renaissance Sculpture Attributed to Giovan Angelo Del Maino
At the annual meeting of its Art Collectors’ Council, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens enriched its European art collection with the acquisition of St. George and the Dragon (ca. 1522–27), a well-preserved, expertly carved polychrome and gilt wood sculpture newly attributed to master sculptor of the Italian Renaissance, Giovan Angelo del Maino (ca. 1470–ca. 1536). Also acquired at the meeting on May 5 was a French Barbizon School painting, Sunshine and ... Read More
World Monuments Fund Announce $1 Million Award for Preservation Efforts at Six Historic Sites
American Express and World Monuments Fund announced $1 million in grant funding to six historic sites. This is the first allocation from a $5 million, five-year grant to the World Monuments Fund to support the World Monuments Watch. Each of the six locations was among the at-risk historical sites included on the 2012 Watch list, announced in October 2011. American Express is founding sponsor of the Watch program. Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, World Monuments Fund The projects receiving funding ... Read More
Museum of the Rockies presents Archaeology on Ice in the Rocky Mountains lecture
The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman presents Extreme History Project Lecture Series: Archaeology on Ice in the Rocky Mountains on 5/17/2012 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM . Unprecedented melting of ancient snow and ice patches in the Rocky Mountains is revealing an incredible array of archaeological and paleobiological materials. Ice patches in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem illustrate repeated use of these features by Native Americans for at least 10,000 years. Based on similar observations ... Read More
Museum of Anthropology (MOA) opens Visions of Enlightenment. Buddhist art exhibition
The University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology (MOA) presents Visions of Enlightenment, an exhibition of Buddhist art on view May 10-Sept 30, 2012. As Buddhism spread across Asia, symbols and sacred images developed to represent the Buddha and illuminate his teachings. These images offer the devotee and viewer both consistency in the forms of Buddhist art, and a vast array of subtle and obvious differences. The latter illuminate the variety of rituals, religious texts, and beliefs ... Read More
Rijksmuseum temporarily returns Royal Charles stern carving to England
The Rijksmuseum has handed over a unique loan to the National Maritime Museum in London. After 345 years, the ‘stern carvings decoration’ of the flagship the Royal Charles has been returned to England. In June 1667, the wooden decoration (3m wide and 2m tall, weighing 750kg) was taken in triumph to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands by Dutch maritime hero Michiel de Ruyter. The piece will be one of the highlights of the Royal River. Power, Pageantry and the Thames exhibition on ... Read More
Israel Museum opens White Gold. Revealing the World’s Earliest Coins
The Israel Museum presents White Gold. Revealing the World’s Earliest Coins, an exhibition on view May 8, 2012-March 31, 2013.Electrum Stater. Lesbos . Ca. 500 – 450 BCE . Lion’s head right / incuse punch. Photo the Israel Museum An exceptional display of the first coins ever minted, issued in western Asia Minor (modernday Turkey) from the 7th century BCE. Made of an alloy of gold and silver known as electrum or “white gold,” these coins were exquisitely fashioned. Their ... Read More
Fitzwilliam Museum opens The Search for Immortality. Tomb Treasures of Han China
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge presents The Search for Immortality. Tomb Treasures of Han China, an exhibition on view 5 May to 11 November 2012.Jade coffin Second century bc, Western Han dynasty Length: 280 cm; Width: 110 cm; Height: 108 cm Excavated at Shizishan in 1994–5 Xuzhou Museum, Jiangsu Province Over 350 treasures in jade, gold, silver, bronze and ceramics will reveal the hidden world of China’s 2000 year old royal tombs. A part of the London 2012 Festival, The Search for ... Read More
Brooklyn Museum opens Aesthetic Ambitions. Edward Lycett and Brooklyn’s Faience Manufacturing Company
The Brooklyn Museum presents Aesthetic Ambitions. Edward Lycett and Brooklyn’s Faience Manufacturing Company, an exhibition on view May 3, 2012–June 16, 2013. Edward Lycett (American, b. England, 1833–1910). Faience Manufacturing Company (1881–92). Covered Vase, circa 1887. Cream-colored earthenware painted over ivory glazed and luster ground with polychrome enamels and flat gold decoration. Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums, Gift of Emma ... Read More
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