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Mummies, mummies, mummies!

Mummies, mummies, mummies!

Ancient Egypt weekend was all about mummies, mummies, mummies...and more! Here are some of our favourite activities from the weekend that you can do any time, at home and at the ROM. Our experts Zoe and up-and-coming Egyptologist Sarah displayed two mummy hands: a linen-wrapped hand and an unwrappe

Eaton Gallery of Rome

Eaton Gallery of Rome

Emperors and Gladiators are just the beginning… The legacy of Rome and its empire endures to this day. Roman generals and emperors conquered foreign lands and left their mark, still visible today in art and architectural remains throughout Europe and the Middle East. Rome was home to some of the

Restoring a Rebel Pharaoh’s Kingdom: In the field with Prof. Barry Kemp

Restoring a Rebel Pharaoh’s Kingdom: In the field with Prof. Barry Kemp

. A lone red fox scampered across the crumbling cliff face as I stood and listened. This is where you can see some of the most stunning art in all of ancient Egypt: vibrant dancing horses, swaying musicians, and of course Akhenaten and Nefertiti with elongated faces and round hips, touched by the

Top 4 ROM Blogs of 2013

We’ve covered a range of stories on the blog over the last 12 months. From Ancient Egyptian cat mummies, to new apps, to landmark discoveries by our curators and tons in between. This year we introduced new series that offered readers a closer look behind the scenes.  Brian Boyle  showed us wha

Go with the Flow: Technology & Early Glass

Go with the Flow: Technology & Early Glass

Glass is probably the most fluid of solids. Looking at blown glass, such as that in the ROM's Chihuly exhibition, is like watching movement made still. If you look carefully at the handles of the perfectly preserved handles of this Roman glass vase from Syria (above), it looks as though it is

Mounds of Creation

Mounds of Creation Mounds of Creation were one of were many kinds of temples in the Age of the Pyramids. Some, such as the sanctuary of Khnum at Elephantine, or the Sacred Precinct at Nekhen, were ancient places where rocks and stones marked out a sacred site. In several towns, a special Mound of

Vocabulary

  Ancient Egypt Vocabulary    S telae: These are slabs of stone which usually have a picture and the name of the person pictured. Many of these were placed in tombs, often in the shape of a doorway (a false door). The information is usually the name of the tomb-owner, his titles, and sometimes b

Artists and Sculptors

Artists and Sculptors Why did Ancient Egyptians draw and sculpt that way? They did not have a word that corresponds to our word 'art'. They do not seem to have made statues or paintings to collect or to hang on the walls of museums and art galleries. But they loved to be surrounded by bea

Collections: Art and Culture

lections Indigenous Americas 35,000 Artworks and Objects Archaeology of the Americas 386,000 Artworks and Objects Canada 40,000 Artworks and Objects Ancient Egypt & Nubia 71,000 Artworks and Objects Ancient Greece & Rome 53,000 Artworks and Objects Ancient Near East 242,000 Artworks and

Plants and Animals of the Nile

se animals were important not only because of the role they played in the daily lives of the people, but because of their religious significance. The Ancient Egyptians saw and admired the power and beauty of the animals they lived with. They used images of those animals as metaphors for the power