antiquities

December 9, 2018
Sculptor, Restorer and Antiquarian Bartolomeo Cavaceppi Died in Rome on 9 December 1799.

September 17, 2017
The Cleveland Apollo: Roman Copy or Greek Original?

December 25, 2016
A typical tough-as-nails Berliner was asked by a reporter why and how the city had returned to its normal semi-functional status this week, so soon after the 19 December terrorist attack on the Breitscheidplatz Christmas Market leaving 12 dead and nearly 50 injured.

August 21, 2015
Remembering Khaled Al-Asaad

June 12, 2014
The so-called Athlete of Fano, a Greek bronze found off the coast of Italy by fishermen in 1964, remains the subject of controversy between the Italian government and the Getty museum, which acquired the statue in 1977.

May 18, 2014
thegetty : This Roman ring is over 1600 years old and still looking as impressive as ever.

March 18, 2014
Great Pompeii Project trapped in bureaucratic limbo.

March 12, 2014
Roman gems @ thegetty : These dramatic masks are less than ½ an inch tall, but are packed with theatrical punch.

March 9, 2014
The so-called Athlete of Fano, a Greek bronze found off the coast of Italy by fisherman in 1964, is the subject of controversy between the Italian government and the Getty museum, which acquired the statue in 1977.

January 27, 2014
Giovanni Nistri, credited with overseeing the return of the famous Euphronios krater from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to Italy, has been appointed to head the “Great Pompeii Project”—a €105m campaign to preserve the ancient site.