The department of decorative arts displays the treasures of the French kings bronzes, miniatures, pottery, tapestries, jewelry, and furniture while the department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities features architecture, sculpture, mosaics, bronzes, jewelry, and pottery.
| Sotheby's auction of antiquities (June 5) features a twenty-inch bronze statue of a goddess from the late Hellenistic or the early Roman-imperial era, probably Tyche, standing in a gracefully torqued pose, her garment gathering in cascading folds at her feet.
The house's sale of antiquities (June 5) features works from ancient Rome and Greece, as well as from Egypt and the Near East; the sale is followed by one of furniture and bric-a-brac (June 9), containing ornate French and Italian pieces, and one of jewelry (June 10), offering the usual diamond parures.
Which cities from classical antiquity were featured in an exhibition by the British Museum? 7. In which Harold Pinter play did Kristin Scott-Thomas star? 8. Which painting by John Constable was defaced by a fathers4justice activist in June? 9. A piece of street art by Banksy on a London wall was stolen and reappeared at auction in Miami in February; which London borough was the piece taken from?
In a rare display of cross-cultural cooperation between countries with a history of enmity, a new exhibition in Istanbul features antiquities from Greece, including marble figurines, clay tankards, weapons, cooking utensils, jewelry and ancient idols.
The show, "Across: The Cyclades and Western Anatolia During the 3rd Millennium B.C.," features antiquities from both sides of the Aegean Sea, including ancient idols, clay tankards, weapons, cooking utensils and jewelry.
There is a small garden, and while the imposing circular reading room is not open to the public, the library does have its own museum: the Cabinet des Médailles, which features antiquities (such as the cameo pictured), coins and gems that belonged to the royal family until the French Revolution, when they were made part of the country's national treasures.
The uptown main branch features antiquities.
Determining the antiquity of these rock features has been elusive.
"There is great antiquity to that geomorphic feature a long time before anyone invented a cottage".
Last year a large exhibition at the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow featuring antiquities that had been seized in Berlin by Soviet troops at the end of World War II caused sore feelings in Germany.
