Laughter and Mischief Return to the Villa’s Outdoor Theater
The Troubies retell Aristophanes’s Lysistrata set to Liza Minnelli’s greatest hits
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Why Are There So Many Naked Ancient Greek Statues?
Getty Villa experts try to answer a popular visitor question
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Meet the Portrait Mummy of Herakleides
An online exhibition explores the identity of a 2000-year-old mummified man
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How to Make Cuneiform Cookies
A museum educator tries her hand at ancient writing
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PODCAST: Art and Writing in Early Mesopotamian Cities
Exploring an exhibition on the ancient civilizations that flourished in modern-day Iraq
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Meet the Mesopotamian Demons
How ancient people fought their greatest fears
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Where Did Writing Come From?
The rise, fall, and rediscovery of cuneiform
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Getty Villa Reopens to Public Wednesday, April 21
Limited number of visitors permitted with free reservations
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A Gem of a Mystery
Curator Kenneth Lapatin sleuths out the truth about the Getty Gnaios
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See the Faces of People Who Lived in Egypt under the Roman Empire
An online exhibition highlights a group of mummy portraits and the stories they tell
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Rethinking Descriptions of Black Africans in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art
How can our online catalog better communicate the diversity of the ancient Mediterranean?
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Mesopotamia: Tales from a Delayed Exhibition
Curators reflect on their work to bring ancient artworks to L.A. while COVID closed the museum
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