Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Justin Jennings leads ROMtravellers through 2,000 years of Maya history
Submitted by Justin Jennings, Curator, Department of World Cultures. Follow his Maya adventures with ROMTravel.
ROM Curator Justin Jennings writes from ROMtravel trip to Maya lands.
Submitted by Justin Jennings, Curator, Department of World Cultures. Follow his Maya adventures with ROMTravel.
Curator Justin Jennings fills us in on ROMtravel Maya journey
Submitted by Justin Jennings, Curator, Department of World Cultures. Follow his Maya adventures with ROMTravel.
Chichicastenango - a mouthful for the non Maya speaker, but one of the most beautiful towns in the highlands of Guatemala.
Did End-of-World Prophesiers have too much Time on their Hands?
Submitted by Conrad Biernacki, ROM Programs Manager
Last Friday, a keen and curious crowd of 75 people attended the ROM’s monthly Connecting: Mix Mingle Think event for a talk by the Museum’s ancient world expert Gayle Gibson called The Long Goodbye: Apocalypse 2012?
Six facts you may not know about the Apocalypse:
1. Apocalypse is a Greek term that means “lifting the veil.” The usual English term, “Revelation,” comes from Latin.
Notes from Oman: Part 3
Dr. Sarah Fee, Associate Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Textiles & Costumes, is the first-ever recipient of the YPC Research Fund. This November 2011, YPC supported Sarah’s trip to Oman to research ancient forms of pitloom weaving and the trade routes of the Muscat cloth, which will inform part of a future ROM exhibition.
Submitted by Sarah Fee, Associate Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Textiles & Costumes
November 21, 2011
Old Collection, New Research
Dr. Chen Shen, Vice President, Senior Curator, Bishop White Chair of East Asian Archaeology at the ROM gives a preview of his presentation, Peking Man Revisited: A Who’s Who of Human Evolution at the upcoming ROM Research Colloquium this Friday, February 3 in the Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre. This full day of 15-minute presentations by ROM researchers is free and open to the public.
Battling over Healthcare
Submitted by Conrad Biernacki, ROM Programs Manager