Website for the 2007 exhibit The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology at the Getty Museum. Describes how the discovery of three marble statues in Italy in the 1700s led to centuries of archaeological exploration in the area. Includes maps of the area and pictures of the statues.

Concepts

archaeology

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Additional Tags

archeology, history of art, getty museum, herculaneum women, j. paul getty museum, ancient roman sculpture, art of ancient rome

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information