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Monday, August 24, 2020(Baltimore Museum of Art, Kerr Portfolio 2868, Photo by J. Kerr)BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—According to a Science News report, neuroscientist Alan Cowen and psychologist Dacher Keltner of the University of California, Berkeley, turned to ancient sculptures to see if human facial expressions could signal the same emotions across cultures. Previous comparisons of facial expressions of living... Continue Reading →
The three mummified animals showcased in this video—a cat, a snake, and a bird—remained shrouded in bandages, and mystery, for more than 2000 years. But a new 3D look inside is revealing deeper insights into how they lived and died. Scientists utilized so-called micro–computer tomography (micro-CT) scanning, which creates 3D images by merging thousands of... Continue Reading →
The Director of the Museum of Cycladic Art, Professor N. Chr. Stampolidis narrates the rise of the Early Cycladic society (3200 to 2000 B.C.) and its civilization through the prism of the cycladic figurine, the symbol that defined globally the history of Art from the Prehistoric Age up until the 21st century because of its... Continue Reading →
Το Λούβρο έχει μία από τις πιο εντυπωσιακές συλλογές στον κόσμο. Ανάμεσά τους η Μόνα Λίζα, μια συλλογή του Μικελάντζελο, η Αφροδίτη της Μήλου και η Νίκη της Σαμοθράκης. Η εμβληματική Νίκη, ίσως στο ωραιότερο σημείο του μουσείου, αποτελεί πόλο έλξης για τους επισκέπτες. Το γλυπτό άγνωστου καλλιτέχνη της ελληνιστικής εποχής βρέθηκε στο Ιερό των... Continue Reading →
ISFAHAN, IRAN—The Tehran Times reports that researchers led by archaeologist Alireza Jafari-Zand are investigating the site of Tepe Ashraf, which is located in central Iran, in the city of Isfahan. The northern side of the burial mound there has been damaged by construction and other projects. The researchers have uncovered two giant jar-tombs, and Jafari-Zand suspects... Continue Reading →
JUST BECAUSE STONEHENGE is thousands of years old doesn’t mean it can’t adapt to the virtual age. The ancient, mystical site typically hosts one of the world’s most popular summer solstice celebrations, attracting thousands of people, including the druid and pagan community, on the longest day of the year to watch the sun rise behind the... Continue Reading →
ΕΞΕΡΕΥΝΗΣΤΕ ONLINE ΤΗΝ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ ΣΤΑ ΝΗΣΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΚΥΚΛΑΔΩΝ ΠΡΙΝ ΑΠΟ 5000 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΑΠΟ ΜΙΑ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ Online περιήγηση στην εμβληματική έκθεση «Κυκλαδική Κοινωνία. 5000 χρόνια πριν» που διοργάνωσε το Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης το 2016 υπό την επιμέλεια του Διευθυντή του, Καθηγητή Νικόλαου Σταμπολίδη, έχουν πλέον τη δυνατότητα να πραγματοποιήσουν οι επισκέπτες του cycladic.gr. Η έκθεση, που πραγματοποιήθηκε για τη συμπλήρωση 30 χρόνων... Continue Reading →
Researchers lifted the ancient Egyptian mummy out of her coffin for the first time in 100 years and, to their surprise, uncovered the ancient artworks If you think you haven’t been moving around much lately, consider Ta-Kr-Hb: Until last month, the ancient woman had lain undisturbed in her coffin for more than 100 years. So,... Continue Reading →
Join Carl and Stephanie for an evening (or morning depending on your location) of Egyptological trivia and test your knowledge in this just-for-fun(draising) quiz. Help us raise much needed funds to enable us to continue offering our online lectures by signing up for our evening quiz today. Join in with people at home or interact... Continue Reading →
" A Day in Pompeii, a Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition, was held at Melbourne Museum from 26 June to 25 October 2009. Over 330,000 people visited the exhibition -- an average of more than 2,700 per day -- making it the most popular traveling exhibition ever staged by an Australian museum. Zero One created the... Continue Reading →
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