The New Black
What‘s so interesting about plain black vases?
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ancient Greece
Ancient Vase Presents a Who’s Who of the Underworld
Hades and its denizens crowd onto a 2,000-year-old Greek vase.
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Talking Greco-Roman L.A. with Art Historian Peter J. Holliday
Greece and Rome on the streets of SoCal.
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The Getty Villa Guide to the Ancient Olympics
Victory, nudity, cheating, and more.
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AUDIO: Myth Not Myth Interview with Educator Erin Branham
Artist Alan Nakagawa talks to Erin Branham about (mis)perceptions of ancient cultures.
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Confronting Myth and Misperception about Antiquities
New project from artist Alan Nakagawa questions how we come to believe what we believe
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A Greek Marble Relief of a Young Girl Holding Doves
A masterpiece of Greek sculpture is on special loan to the Getty Villa
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Poem for a Victorious Athlete
Of time, frailty, and fleeting victories.
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When an Amphora Is Not Just an Amphora: Greek Antiquities as Presidential Gifts
Why did the Greek state give antiquities to U.S. officials as diplomatic gifts?
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Athens through a Panoramic Lens
Dramatic panoramas of Athens evoke the past in the present.
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What Does the Acropolis Mean? A Conversation with Thomas Gallant
The Athenian monument as structure and symbol.
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Potions and Poisons: Classical Ancestors of the Wicked Witch, Part 2
Meet the formidable proto-witch, Medea.
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