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PODCAST: Egyptologists’ Notebooks

How the history of ancient Egypt has been explored, documented, and understood through the work of European Egyptologists.

Considering love, friendship, and parties through a past Valentine's Day celebration.

Making sense of the mesmerizing relief sculptures of ancient Assyria.

A curator discusses the implications of subtle racism in a work of art.

Understanding the human and cultural crisis in Beirut.

How is the coronavirus pandemic like the Hydra?

A bond between uncle and nephew inspires an enduring historical legacy.

A curator muses about the alchemy of early photography and its relationship to her home garden.

Inside the mind and method of one of the most celebrated artists of the Italian Renaissance.

A curator sees her own writing reflected in a manuscript from 1180.

The accidental discovery of an artist’s address book leads to fascinating insights into her life and the artistic world of twentieth-century France.

Hear a Getty staff member consider family dinners and the importance of home.