Antiquities

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Kimbell Art Museum acquires Maya Sculptures

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth announced the acquisition of two rare Maya Palenque-style ceramic censer stands. Typical of the Maya late Classic period (A.D. 600–900) and dated to about A.D. 690–720, Censer Stand […]

Albany museum changes gender of mummy

The Albany Institute of History and Art acquired two mummies in 1909 from a museum in Egypt, where officials said one was a male and the other a female. The second mummy, sold wrapped in […]