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GCI and the Jordanian Department of Antiquities: Proud Parents of MEGA-J

One of many pleasant surprises: a chance meeting with Arnold Schwarzenegger.  With him are Sa'te Masa'deh and Ahmad Lash, from left.

When eight colleagues from Jordan’s Department of Antiquities (DoA) came to the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) in early April, they had only an inkling of what was in store. Sure, they knew they were going to be trained on “MEGA-J,”… More»

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      Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Rape of Proserpina, 1622.

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