We’re all familiar with the X-rays used to take images of people’s bones and teeth at medical and dental facilities. But did you know this same technology can also be used to examine the internal structures of museum objects?...
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Do these manuscripts contain the secrets to the “Game of Thrones” season finale?
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Books our favorite “Game of Thrones” characters should consult before heading into season 4.
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What a season it was. Let’s watch it again, manuscripts in hand.
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Learning about art through poems.
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From turtledoves to milkmaids, medieval manuscripts depict the 12 days of Christmas.
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Animals as photographic subject.
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Hear medieval manuscripts read aloud. First up: Ge’ez, the language of the Ethiopian church.
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Since 2008, the antiquities conservation and curatorial departments at the J. Paul Getty Museum have been working with colleagues at the Antikensammlung in Berlin to study and conserve a group of South Italian (Apulian) vases dating to the 4th...
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Candid photographs of racially divided neighborhoods and cities during apartheid join the collection.
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Competitive sports were alive and well in the Middle Ages. Which would be Olympic sports? This curator imagines.
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The worst sin? Illuminated manuscripts present two different perceptions of gluttony.
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