Songs of Stone
Does poetry still speak to us?
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Ancient World
Planting for Power in Ancient Rome
Plants as power.
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Thinking about Sisyphus (Or, the Afterlife with Some Rock ‘n’ Roll)
Sisyphus through the ages.
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Funerary Portraiture Helps Scholars Reconstruct the Social History of Ancient Palmyra
Faces of ancient Palmyra.
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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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Surprises as an Ancient Statue Is Prepped to Receive Its Missing Head
Discovery of a cryptic message while reuniting an ancient head and body.
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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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Reimagining the Myth of the Minotaur on Stage at the Getty Villa
A new play inspired by the ancient myth of the Minotaur.
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Gamifying an Ancient Sea: Gods, Promises, and Digital Humanities
Digital scholarship sheds light on ancient mysteries.
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Updating Ancient Roman Comedy for the 21st Century
Ancient jokes come alive on stage.
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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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