Ancient Cultures
Monthly Archive: December Anci
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
The Legacy of Pompeii
![Kenneth Lapatin with bronze figure of a ruler depicted as Mercury from Pompeii. Photo: John Pollini, courtesy Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/lapatin_with_pompeii_ruler_as_mercury_1_0.jpg?itok=E0p73ec2)
Pompeii Saga: Last Day
![Antique colour illustration (c. 1866) of Mount Vesuvious erupting Antique colour illustration (c. 1866) of Mount Vesuvious erupting](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/pompeii.jpg?itok=T4OfiiGY)
The horrors of the Mount Vesuvius eruption were buried under volcanic ash. Thankfully one scholarly young man wrote the story of his own survival.
By: Douglas Thomson
Introducing Nefret-Mut
![Gayle Gibson with Nefret-Mut's coffin Gayle Gibson with Nefret-Mut's coffin](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/gayle-gibson_0.jpg?itok=jZkGYR16)
ROM Educator and Egyptologist Gayle Gibson explains how she was able to name this mummy after so many years in the collection
Goddess Exposed: the ROM’s ‘Minoan’ Goddess is on display!
![ROM 'Minoan' Goddess now on display ROM 'Minoan' Goddess now on display](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/katec_minoan_goddess_display_thumbnail.jpg?itok=t9IJSS65)
She’s been languishing in the Greek & Roman storerooms for years, but finally the ROM Minoan Goddess is back on display.
Conservation Intern Spotlight: Natasa Krsmanovic
![Natasa performing backing removal on an albumen photograph at her bench in the Queen’s conservation lab. Photo courtesy of Natasa Krsmanovic. Natasa performing backing removal on an albumen photograph at her bench in the Queen’s conservation lab. Photo courtesy of Natasa Krsmanovic.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/natasa_at_school.jpg?itok=mpdBYLVh)
This spotlight post--featuring ROM paper conservation intern Natasa Krsmanovic--highlights her background, shares her perspective on current paper conservation practices, and discusses her treatment projects at the museum.
Epic Civilizations During ROM Revealed: A Volunteer's Perspective
![Hung out with lions and dragons at volunteer post in Far Eastern Department. Saw 250,000 year old mand mad artifacts. How was your Sat? #ROMrevealed](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/romtweet-ac.jpg?itok=azuNEbim)
Guest blogger, Amanjeet Chauhan sums up her experience as a volunteer during ROM Revealed Weekend.
ROM Ideas: Ancient Cultures
![ROM Ideas](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/romideasfinal_2.jpg?itok=bXbaSgej)
Explore civilizations of the past with ROM Ancient Cultures, featured this Sunday, May 4th at ROM Ideas. Here’s a sneak peak of what you’ll hear at ROM Ideas.
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations
![The ROM 'Minoan' Goddess Detail of the head of the ROM 'Minoan' Goddess](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/katec_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=QFfhH77L)
After looking at the best known of the dubious ‘Minoan’ figurines (which may be modern) in my last post, here I show some of the genuine Minoan objects discovered in archaeological excavations on Crete.
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: the Suspect Sisters (and brothers)
![The ROM 'Minoan' Goddess Detail of the head of the ROM 'Minoan' Goddess](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/katec_thumbnail.jpg?itok=jhyS6nTk)
The ROM Goddess is just one of the ‘Minoan’ figurines in several museums sometimes thought to be fake. These two installments of the ROM Minoan Goddess project introduce you to some of the suspected (although not definitively proven) fake figurines, and the genuine Minoan objects that may have inspired them.