February 2016
Monthly Archive: February 2016
Our NBA All-Star Starting 5
![](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom-all-stars.jpg?itok=VgQpFqWJ)
Imagine if Dinosaurs could play in the NBA All-Star game? We did!
Remembering Kiowa Wind McComb
![Portrait of Kiowa Wind McComb at the ROM.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/kiowa_web.jpg?itok=MjfUoe5P)
Kiowa was the Indigenous Youth Intern in the ROM Learning Department through the generous support of Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training and was an exceptionally promising young man.
Mexican Cartel lands are home to a newly described species: Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise
![A new species of tortoise named Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise, described today by Dr. Robert (Bob) Murphy and colleagues in the Journal ZooKeys. Photo taken in Reserva Monte Mojino, Sonora, Mexico, 24 August, 2013 Photo by Taylor Edwards A new species of tortoise named Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise, described today by Dr. Robert (Bob) Murphy and colleagues in the Journal ZooKeys. Photo taken in Reserva Monte Mojino, Sonora, Mexico, 24 August, 2013 Photo by Taylor Edwards](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/mextortproject_aug2013_0806c-640px-wide.jpg?itok=1ACfJANu)
ROM curator of reptiles and amphibians, Dr. Bob Murphy and a team of international scientists use leading edge genetic techniques and dangerous fieldwork activities to describe a new species of tortoise in Mexico and shine light on the conservation status of other rare and threatened tortoises from the region
Clay sealings from Edfu, Egypt in the Greek & Roman collection
![Ptolemaic seal impressions in the Greek & Roman collection Ptolemaic seal impressions in collection storage drawers](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/edfu22045_0.jpg?itok=e_F6brTe)
Over a century after they were acquired Ptolemaic artifacts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Greek & Roman collection, get new homes
Valentine's Day at the ROM: Unique Painting of Lovers
![Miniature painting showing Radha and Krishna, (gouache on paper), Mughal period, India, 18th century Miniature painting showing Radha and Krishna, (gouache on paper), Mughal period, India, 18th century](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/radhakrishna.jpg?itok=-k1nLYu3)
Guest blog by Sudharshan Duraiyappah, a scholar and instruction at the University of Toronto and the ROM
A cursory glance at the 17th century Kangra painting featuring Radha and her lover Krishna, who according to Hindu mythology is considered an incarnation of the god Vishnu, might elicit a double take. This miniature painting in the ROM’s collection portrays the fair – skinned Radha in her male lover’s attire and the dark- skinned Krishna wearing his female lover’s garments.
DIY Museum Valentine's Day cards
![Spread a little ROMance this year! A photo of the Royal Ontario Museum made into a valentine's day card you colour yourself](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom-romance.jpg?itok=E5spnljp)
February 14th is almost here, we've got you covered!
Behind-the-scenes with OKCHF researchers and the ROM's Korean collection
![Dr. Christina Han](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/christina_han_1.jpg?itok=ywbbuMaC)
In the summer of 2015 the ROM’s Department of World Cultures hosted a team of Korean researchers from the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation (OKCHF). In August 2016 the OKCHF project team will be returning to the ROM for the second half of this two part assignment in order to finish photographing and researching the rest of the ROM’s Korean collection.
Conversations with Theo
![Theo on a recent trip to visit the Dinosaurs! Theo stands next to a Triceratops skull in the Royal Ontario Museum's dinosaur gallery](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_2634.jpg?itok=xmDChoTM)
Join ROM member Anne Thériault as she interivews her son about all things ROM!