Art of the Ancient Worlds
48 videos • 310 views • by Harvard Art Museums
Take a closer look at ancient art in our collections from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.
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Animal Sacrifice on a Greek Amphora: Art Talk with Archaeologist Sarah Eisen
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Creature Feature—Heroes and Hogs in Ancient Greece
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How Egyptian Art Works: Art Talk with Jen Thum
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Embodying Buddha: Student Guides Chat with Tommy Mahon and Mei Tercek
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Conservation in the Field: Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
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Sardis from Above: Drone Footage of the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
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Texts in Transition
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Persepolis in Color: Art Talk with Susanne Ebbinghaus & Katherine Eremin
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Reframing the Tianlongshan Cave Temple Fragments: Art Talk with Sarah Laursen
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Creature Feature—Animals from Ancient Egypt
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Crying Fowl—The Scary Truth about Ancient Sirens: Art Talk with Frances Gallart Marqués
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Animal Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World—Drinking from a Rhyton
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Install in Action—Roman Mosaic Time-Lapse
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Girls will be Girls: Art Talk with Frances Gallart Marqués
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What Can We Learn From A Fragment: Study & Reconstruction Of An Ancient Silver Artifact
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Mirror, Mirror—Reflections on the Etruscans & Their Afterlife: Art Talk with Frances Gallart Marqués
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Lecture–Revisiting Harvard’s Early Chinese Jades with Jenny So
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Crafting Silver Vessels: Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World
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Lecture—The “Peculiar Problems” of Preservation with Sanchita Balachandran
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Opening Lecture—Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings
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Lecture—The Coinage of the Achaian League with Catherine Grandjean
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Lecture—Recent Discoveries at Sardis: From the Bronze Age to the End of Antiquity
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Lecture—Delaroche’s Egyptian Excursion with Stephen Bann
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Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings—An Introduction
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Animal Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World—Crafting Terracotta Vessels
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Lecture—Numismatic Archaeology: Interpreting Coin Finds from Excavation Contexts
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Lecture—Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
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Lecture—Art and Religious Devotion in Morocco with Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya
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Lecture—Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World with Robert Koehl & Kimberley Patton
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2A: Connective Tissues: Examining Inscribed Textiles from Egyptian Burial Grounds
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Exhibition Preview—Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs
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Social Fabrics—Looking at Ancient Textiles: Art Talk with Julie Wertz
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A Critical Look at the History of Museum Acquisitions: Student Guides Chat
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Rabbits, Birds & Vines in 'Social Fabrics'—Art Talk with Katherine Taronas
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In The Studio: 'Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt' Encaustic Workshop
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Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Composite Portrait of a Man
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Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Portrait of a Woman c.130-150 CE
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Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Portrait of a Woman c. 2nd century CE
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Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Fragmentary Portrait of a Man
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Expressing Grief in Ancient Egyptian Portraiture—Conversations around Funerary Portraits
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The Hybridity of Hispanic Art with Brandon Calderón—Virtual Student Guide Tour
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Mummy Brown: A Modern Pigment’s Problematic Past—Conversations around Funerary Portraits
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Funerary Practices in Roman-period Egypt—Conversations around Funerary Portraits
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Art & Science: 3D Funerary Portraits in Roman-period Egypt—Conversations around Funerary Portraits
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Research and Excavations at Sardis: 2023 Lecture with Nicholas D. Cahill
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