Articles in Antiquities
National Museum of Singapore Opens Pompeii: Life in a Roman Town 79CE
The National Museum of Singapore presents Pompeii: Life in a Roman Town 79CE, open through 23 JAN 2011. Exhibition organised by Melbourne Museum and Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. In 79CE, the cosmopolitan city of Pompeii and much of its surrounding area were buried under volcanic ash and pumice following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy. It was not until the mid-18th century that this city was slowly revealed to the world through ... Read More
National Museum in Denmark Presents Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Archaeology
The Danish queen Margrethe II is not only a queen, she is also passionately interested in the past and archaeology. Life-size photographs and the queen’s voice guide visitors through the exhibition. The queen has been on archaeological digs since she was a teenager in Denmark and also abroad – in Italy at the end of the 1950s with her grandfather King Gustav VI of Sweden, in Nubia prior to the building of the Aswan Dam, and not least as an archaeology student at Cambridge. The Danish ... Read More
Tullie House Museum Loses the Bid at Christie’s
The Crosby Garrett Helmet went ‘under the hammer’ at Christie’s. Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery were represented at auction but with unprecedented global interest and a final hammer price of £2,000,000 were unfortunately unable to secure the helmet for Cumbria. Just over three weeks ago Tullie House embarked on an urgent national public and corporate appeal asking for support to raise funds to help keep the Roman Cavalry Parade Helmet in Cumbria. The overwhelming generosity and ... Read More
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Opens Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, open October 2, 2010–January 9, 2011. Olmec civilization, which began sometime around 1400 BC, was centered in the Gulf Coast states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Olmec architects and artists produced the earliest monumental structures and sculptures in Mexico, including enormous basalt portrait heads of their rulers. The colossal sculptures in the exhibition weigh between 7 and 10 tons ... Read More
Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) to Present Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs
Texas debut for this landmark exhibition, with more than 100 objects from the tomb of King Tut and other legendary ancient sites The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will host Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, an acclaimed exhibition featuring more than 100 artifacts, most of which had never been shown in the U.S. prior to this tour. The exhibition opens October 13, 2011, and will be on view through April 15, 2012. Visitors will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ... Read More
Smart Museum of Art Opens Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan
The Smart Museum of Art presents Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan open through January 16, 2011. Carved into the mountains of northern China, the Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan, pronounced “shahng-tahng-shahn”) were the crowning cultural achievement of the sixth-century Northern Qi dynasty. Once home to a magnificent array of sculptures—monumental Buddhas, elaborate attendant figures, and crouching monsters framed by floral motifs—the limestone ... Read More
National Museum of Natural History Opens Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations
Exhibition Features More than 200 Artifacts on View for the First Time in the United States Cyprus, the eastern-most island in the Mediterranean Sea, situated at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, has been a meeting point for many of the world’s great civilizations. From its 11,000-year history, Cyprus has woven its own distinctive history and culture. “Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations” will be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History from Sept. 29 ... Read More
Kendal Museum Presents Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet Talk
Dot Boughton, Portable Antiquities Finds Liaison Officer for Cumbria, is to give a special free talk at Kendal Museum on Friday 1 October, at 7.30pm, uncovering the story of how the rarest Roman helmet to be found in Britain in over a century was found and what happened next. Dot will explain how the Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet was found in a Cumbrian farmer’s field near Kirkby Stephen by a metal detectorist and the journey that will end up with it under the hammer at a London auction next ... Read More
British Library Digitised Greek Manuscripts Now Available Online
The British Library has digitised over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts (284 volumes) for the first time and made them freely available online at www.bl.uk/manuscripts thanks to a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The website provides researchers with access to high quality digital images of a major part of the British Library’s Greek manuscripts collection, supported by enhanced metadata which enables users to search using key words. The British Library holds over 1000 ... Read More
Fleming Museum Presents Shadows of the Samurai: Japanese Warrior Traditions
The Fleming Museum is to present Shadows of the Samurai: Japanese Warrior Traditions, open October 14, 2010 – May 11, 2011 in the Wolcott Gallery. Samurai culture and the code of conduct known as bushido, have exerted a powerful hold on the imaginations of people in the East and the West. The samurai were the military elite of Japanese society from the eighth century through the 1860s. The clever design and exquisite craftsmanship of their helmets and armor were inspired by a love of ... Read More
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