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Weapon Wednesday: The Nugent Marathon Corinthian Helmet

Weapon Wednesday: The Nugent Marathon Corinthian Helmet

The Corinthian helmet type is one of the most immediately recognisable types of helmet, romantically associated with the great heroes of Ancient Greece, even by the Ancient Greeks themselves who rapidly moved to helmet types with better visibility, but still depicted their heroes in these helmets.

Lava Medals

Lava Medals

A while back, I stopped in to the Earth Sciences Dept to look at some meteorites which needed to be photographed. While I was there, I noticed some very odd looking medallions sitting in a box on the counter. These were not the smooth precious metal medallions we see on a fairly regular basis. They

Butterflies

Butterflies

Spring. You can smell it in the air, or so they say. Spring still feels like such a long way away. To celebrate the vernal equinox, I felt that it would be appropriate to talk about butterflies, and specifically, the butterflies we see here in Ontario. This spring, the ROM will publish the fifth

The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: the Suspect Sisters (and brothers)

The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: the Suspect Sisters (and brothers)

Here I continue the story of an icon of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) collection: the ivory and gold female figurine–ROM 931.21.1. For further information see the ‘ Minoan’ Ivory Goddess Research Project. The ROM Goddess is just one of the ‘Minoan’ figurines in several museums sometimes

The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations

The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations

Here I continue the story of an icon of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) collection: the ivory and gold female figurine–ROM 931.21.1. For further information see the ‘Minoan’ Ivory Goddess Research Project. After looking at the best known of the dubious ‘Minoan’ figurines (which may be

Weapon Wednesday: Preparing for ROM Revealed

Weapon Wednesday: Preparing for ROM Revealed

As part of the ROM's celebration of being open for 100 years, we will be having a massive behind-the-scenes open-house called ROM Revealed on the 3 rd and 4 th of May. Thousands of visitors will have the opportunity to see our storage rooms where we keep the objects not on display. There are a

Rare Chinese Chicken Cup Auctioned for $36 million

Rare Chinese Chicken Cup Auctioned for $36 million

One of the world’s rare Chinese Chicken Cups fetched a record $36 million (USD) at an auction on Tuesday by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, making it one of the most expensive Chinese cultural relics ever auctioned. The Cup auctioned is part of a set of original Chenghua Chicken Cups which survive

Chinese Hat Spheres

Chinese Hat Spheres

Laws for hat insignia worn by the Manchu in China, date back to 1636. Numbering less than a quarter of a million, the Manchu conquered the Chinese empire, establishing the Qing dynasty by 1644. To assert authority over the Han Chinese population, the Manchu felt very strongly about having an easily

Of India and Modernism: Youngo Verma

Youngo Verma (1938-2014), Tantra 21, New Dehi, India, Graphite on Paper, 1981, 36 x 48 inches. ROM 2014.14.1 Recently, the ROM acquired a work by Canadian-Indian artist Youngo Verma (1938-2014) that exemplifies his work with organic abstract forms. Pulling from an Indian “neo-tantric” visuality

Rhinoceros Reminder that Conservation Requires Continued Commitment

Rhinoceros Reminder that Conservation Requires Continued Commitment

A surge in the poaching of Southern White Rhinoceros made the ROM reconsider the presentation of our iconic specimen When the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity first opened to the public in the spring of 2009, the Royal Ontario Museum was excited to be able to lead into the gallery with