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ROMAN DISCOVERIES AT ANCIENT AUGUSTODUNUM
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ROMAN DISCOVERIES AT ANCIENT AUGUSTODUNUM

More than 230 graves have been uncovered at a necropolis in the French city of Autun, revealing a diverse mix in burial practices over a period of nearly 200 years, as well as luxury grave goods from the 3rd and 4th centuries AD that highlight the wealth of some of its ancient inhabitants.

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January/February 2021
INTO THE VALLEY OF THE QUEENS
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INTO THE VALLEY OF THE QUEENS

The Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II, Nefertari, was buried in one of the most spectacular tombs of Egypt’s Valley of the Queens. Well-educated and well-travelled, Nefertari played a crucial part in the political life of the pharaoh, and her importance was reflected through her magnificently decorated tomb. Lucia Marchini speaks to Jennifer Casler Price to find out more.

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January/February 2021
DEIR EL-BAHRI, 1894
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DEIR EL-BAHRI, 1894

Tensions were already high among the archaeologists, surveyors, and artists of the Archaeological Survey of Egypt in 1891 when an eventful dispute arose on Christmas Eve.

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January/February 2021
PUSHING BOUNDARIES
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PUSHING BOUNDARIES

When the Etruscans expanded to the south and the vast plains of Campania, they found a land of cultural connections and confrontations, as luxurious grave goods found across the region reveal. An exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples sheds light on these ancient Italians at the frontier. Paolo Giulierini, director of the museum, is our guide.

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January/February 2021
A STUDY IN PURPLE
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A STUDY IN PURPLE

A tiny speck of purple paint from the 2nd century AD may yield clues to how ancient artists created the extraordinary portrait panels that accompanied mummified bodies into the afterlife.

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January/February 2021
Rome In The 8th Century: A History In Art
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Rome In The 8th Century: A History In Art

John Osborne CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, £75 HARDBACK - ISBN 978-1108834582

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November/December 2020
Thebes City Of Myths
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Thebes City Of Myths

Sparta is famous for its warrior tradition, Athens for its intellectual and artistic achievement. But what of Thebes? As ancient historian Paul Cartledge explains, Thebes too had a most distinctive image.

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November/December 2020
WHAT'S IN THE BOX? PLYMOUTH'S NEW MUSEUM OPENS
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WHAT'S IN THE BOX? PLYMOUTH'S NEW MUSEUM OPENS

stories from the world of archaeology, art, and museums

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November/December 2020
PARTHENON, ATHENS, 1907
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PARTHENON, ATHENS, 1907

In 1903, the photographer Fred Boissonnas made his first trip to Greece with his frequent collaborator, the writer and art historian Daniel Baud-Bovy.

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November/December 2020
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1879
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Eugène Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1879

“Viollet-le-Duc needed connections: he had elected not to study architecture, preferring to learn on the job.”

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November/December 2020
ANGLO-SAXON BURIALS REVEALED
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ANGLO-SAXON BURIALS REVEALED

Two excavations in England have revealed important Anglo-Saxon burials, dating back as early as the 6th century AD, that shed light on the different communities living in southern Britain at that time.

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November/December 2020
THE TENTH MUSE
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THE TENTH MUSE

Angelica Kauffman was one of the most sought-after artists in 18th-century Europe. She cast aside convention to forge a remarkable career in London and Rome, not just as a portraitist, but also as a history painter, as Bettina Baumgärtel tells Lucia Marchini.

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September/October 2020
EARTHQUAKE HITS ZAGREB
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EARTHQUAKE HITS ZAGREB

In recent months, museums and other institutions around the world have been struggling to deal with the unprecedented economic and logistical fallout of COVID-19.

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July/August 2020
THE ANTIQUARIAN: Lady Hester Stanhope 1776-1839
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THE ANTIQUARIAN: Lady Hester Stanhope 1776-1839

It is unusual to feature in a magazine like ours a woman who ordered an ancient statue ‘broken in a thousand pieces’. In April 1815, Lady Hester Stanhope was in Israel, at a site called Ashkelon.

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July/August 2020
PAVING THE WAY
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PAVING THE WAY

The dramatic opening up of a sinkhole outside the Pantheon – the 2nd century AD ‘temple of all the gods’ (now a Catholic church) on Rome’s Piazza della Rotunda – has offered a tantalising glimpse of the imperial Roman paving beneath the present-day city streets.

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July/August 2020
MUSES RETURN TO STOWE
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MUSES RETURN TO STOWE

An important lost group of statues of the nine Muses – inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts – has been reinstated to the grounds of Stowe, one of Britain’s great country houses.

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July/August 2020
CIVILISATION BEGINS
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CIVILISATION BEGINS

Neil Faulkner reports on a new Getty Villa exhibition focused on the huge cultural contribution of the world’s oldest civilisation – Mesopotamia.

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July/August 2020
BOOK REVIEWS
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BOOK REVIEWS

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ANCIENT CITIES: A NATURAL HISTORY

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July/August 2020
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TEMPLES OF TYRANNY

Archaeologist Neil Faulkner argues that the Greek temples of Sicily are monuments to both civilisation and barbarism.

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May/June 2020
SARCOPHAGUS REVEALED UNDER THE ROMAN FORUM
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SARCOPHAGUS REVEALED UNDER THE ROMAN FORUM

A team of archaeologists and architects announced the ‘extraordinary’ discovery of a 2,600-year-old shrine directly beneath the Roman Forum – and they have suggested that it might be associated with the cult of Romulus, Rome’s legendary founder and the first king of the city.

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May/June 2020
VISIONS OF EGYPT
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VISIONS OF EGYPT

Three Victorian artists – Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter, and Edwin Long – helped to shape our image of the distant past. Stephanie Moser describes how their passion for archaeology and love of domestic objects produced a wealth of detailed, descriptive paintings.

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May/June 2020
Eugène Boban (1834-1908)
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Eugène Boban (1834-1908)

In the mid 19th century, new national museums were opening across Europe.

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May/June 2020
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FROM THE ARCHIVE - STONEHENGE PICNIC, 1860S

Relaxing in the shade of Stonehenge’s towering trilithons, these Victorian picnickers are dwarfed by the Neolithic monument in whose circuit they sit.

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May/June 2020
150 YEARS OF THE MET
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150 YEARS OF THE MET

On 13 April 1870, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded. Celebrating this anniversary, a new exhibition explores how America’s largest art museum came into being, and looks at the changes it has gone through in its 150-year history. The curator Andrea Bayer tells Lucia Marchini some of its stories.

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May/June 2020
Remembering Carthage
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Remembering Carthage

Dalu Jones traces the history of the great Phoenician city, the home of Hamilcar and Hannibal, condemned by Cato, conquered by Scipio Africanus, commemorated in Dido’s heart-rending lament and currently celebrated in an exhibition at the Colosseum in Rome

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November/December 2019
Over The Moon
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Over The Moon

As we reflect on the 50th anniversary of our first tentative steps on the lunar surface, Louise Devoy explores our fascination with the Moon, as shown in a major exhibition she has co-curated in the National Maritime Museum

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November/December 2019
On The Horns Of A Dilemma
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On The Horns Of A Dilemma

Dr Jody Joy of the University of Cambridge outlines what life might have been like at a lakeside village of Star Carr 11,500 years ago and what the strangely beautiful skull and antler headdresses found there might signify

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November/December 2019
Mistress Of Time Travel
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Mistress Of Time Travel

Best-selling children’s writer Caroline Lawrence tells Diana Bentley where she finds the inspiration for her pacy, impeccably crafted novels and why young and old alike continue to be fascinated by the ancient world

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November/December 2019
In The Lap Of ​​​​​​​Luxury
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In The Lap Of ​​​​​​​Luxury

Nicole Benazeth visits an exhibition of treasures in Arles that shows how the other half lived in the ancient world.

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September/October 2017 Volume 28 Number 5
Magnificent Monteverdi
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Magnificent Monteverdi

Tom Ford pays tribute to the ground-breaking Italian composer, born 450 years ago, one of the great musicians celebrated in the V&A‘s upcoming exhibition Opera: Passion Power and Politics.

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September/October 2017 Volume 28 Number 5

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