March 19, 2011

Conservation at the Getty

Nice little feature from the Palisades Post on the work of conservationists working on a statue of Eros and the Apollo Saettante: Lying peacefully on cotton rollers, the little Roman bronze figure of Eros is undergoing an exploratory operation with Getty conservators, as skilled as surgeons, examining its internal and external constitution. The little fellow…

Nero Aureus From India

This one’s been bouncing around Facebook for the past little while (tip o’ the pileus to Adrian Murdoch and Dorothy King for beating my spiders to this one … they still haven’t found it). From the Times of India: A gold coin said to be belonging to the Roman era and issued by the VIIth…

Reading’s Digital Model of Rome

Interesting digital model of Rome from the folks at Reading: University of Reading students, schoolchildren, and members of the public have been enjoying learning about Rome’s history through a new digital model of the ancient city. The new 3D fly-through digital model, the only of its kind developed in the UK and due for completion…