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5 Myths Busted - The Druids
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5 Myths Busted - The Druids

Who were those figures who stood around Stonehenge in bedsheets? Lets find out by debunking 5 myths about the enigmatic Druids. For more historical facts and features, visit http://www.historyanswers.co.uk/ Or purchase the latest...
Top 5 Facts - The Persian Empire
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Top 5 Facts - The Persian Empire

Highway guards, King assassinations and cat soldiers? Heres 5 things you didn’t know about the Persian Empire. For more historical facts and features, visit http://www.historyanswers.co.uk/ Or purchase the latest issue of the magazine...
Mask of Agamemnon: Schliemann's Discovery
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Mask of Agamemnon: Schliemann's Discovery

A short video describing Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of the so-called "Death Mask of Agamemnon".
The Calydonian Boar Hunt, Peter Paul Rubens
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The Calydonian Boar Hunt, Peter Paul Rubens

Listen to an audio commentary about a painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection. The Calydonian Boar Hunt, Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, about 1611 - 1612, oil on panel http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=267599...
Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
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Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

Listen to an audio commentary about a painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection. Venus and Adonis, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), Italian, about 1555 — 1560, oil on canvas http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=1030...
Statue of an Emperor: A Conservation Partnership
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Statue of an Emperor: A Conservation Partnership

In 1999 Antiquities conservators from the Getty Museum began a collaborative project with the Pergamon Museum in Berlin to conserve a statue of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The two-thousand year old statue was becoming structurally...
Tracing the Colors of Ancient Sculpture
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Tracing the Colors of Ancient Sculpture

Using ultraviolet and raking light, archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann examines marble sculptures of Athena and Paris from the Temple of Aphaia, now in the Glyptothek in Munich. In the process, he reveals examples of physical evidence used to...
Glassmaking Technique: Roman Mold-Blown Glass
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Glassmaking Technique: Roman Mold-Blown Glass

Mold-blown glass is made by blowing hot glass into a mold made of clay, wood, or metal. The glass is forced against the inner surfaces of the mold and assumes its shape, together with any decoration that it bears. Watch a demonstration of...
Adriaen de Vries's Bronze Casting Technique: Direct Lost-Wax Method
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Adriaen de Vries's Bronze Casting Technique: Direct Lost-Wax Method

Adriaen de Vries most often used a technique called "direct lost-wax casting." During the casting process, the wax of the original wax-and-clay model melts out, or is "lost," hence the technique's name. Because the model disappears, each...
Making a Molded Athenian Vase
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Making a Molded Athenian Vase

The word "plastic" comes from the Greek verb plasso, meaning, "I model," and describes vases made via molding, which allowed artisans to reproduce complex human, animal, or plant shapes. Potters added handles and mouths to molded clay parts...
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