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Ancient Greek & Roman Resources

February 26, 2015

Detail of Hiba Abdallah's neon installation

Are you interested in Greek and Roman antiquities?
The McMaster Museum of Art (MMA) has a fantastic plethora of resources you can access online!

Check out McMaster’s Ancient Coin Collection online. On the website, you can experience thematic tours through the Bruce Brace Coin Collection. There’s also a detailed Timeline of the coins, including text and images of both sides of the coins that you can interact with.

There’s an episode of the MMA’s Museum in a Minute devoted to coins and symbolism:
 

 
You can attend a virtual lecture given by McMaster Classics Professor, Dr. Pope on Numismatics of the Ancient World:
 

 
Or come to the Museum and look at the antiquities displays, now on view in our 4th Togo Salmon Gallery and Board Room.

– Teresa Gregorio, Information Officer, McMaster Museum of Art

Detail of Hiba Abdallah's neon installation

And a lecture by McMaster Masters Student Owen Phillips on Roman Glassblowing:
 

 
You can even read up on the exciting interdisciplinary research that’s been done on a selection of the MMA’s Antiquities Research.

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