Meet the Portrait Mummy of Herakleides
An online exhibition explores the identity of a 2000-year-old mummified man
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All Posts by Marie Svoboda
I'm associate conservator in the Department of Antiquities Conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Experimenting with Natural Dyes from Home to Learn More About Ancient Life
A colorful way to get through quarantine
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New Directions for Research on Ancient Romano-Egyptian Panel Paintings
Research on the composition and materials of ancient paintings advances scholarship of ancient art history.
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A Young Man’s Mummy Offers Clues to Cultural Exchange and Technology in Roman-Ruled Egypt
Mummy as art and artifact.
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Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Portraits through Modern Technology
Funerary portraits yield their secrets.
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Looking at Apulian Vases in a New Light
Since 2008, the antiquities conservation and curatorial departments at the J. Paul Getty Museum have been working with colleagues at the Antikensammlung in Berlin... Read More
Forensic Techniques Illuminate a New Acquisition
The recently acquired white-ground lekythos on display in Women and Children in Antiquity (Gallery 207) at the Getty Villa is a handsome addition to... Read More