June 2012
Monthly Archive: June 2012
Life of an Isis statue, Bequest Sir Robert Mond, ROM
Posted: June 19, 2012 - 09:07 , by royal
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Collections, Art & Culture, Ancient Culture
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948.34.41, Seated Isis, was brought to conservation in 1994 for examination and cleaning.
Fact & Falsehood in Ancient Roman and Greek objects
Posted: June 6, 2012 - 09:08 , by Robert Mason
This coming weekend at the ROM (June 9-10) we will have Ancient Rome and Greece Weekend! There will be re-enactors demonstrating and displaying arms and armour, ROM experts and objects, an archery range with more re-enactors, and a myriad of activities including make a lucky “bulla”, creating your own mosaic masterpiece and learning the game of “knucklebones”.
Meteorite of the Month: Oriented Nose Cone
Posted: June 5, 2012 - 08:55 , by ROM
By Brendt C. Hyde and Ian Nicklin
Figure 1: Meteorite showing ‘thumbprint’ features referred to as regmaglypts.
