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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas.With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in 2020, [2] it is the 12th largest art museum in the world based on square feet of gallery space.
Pages in category "Classical antiquities in the Kunsthistorisches Museum" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The antiquities trade is the exchange of antiquities and archaeological artifacts from around the world. This trade may be illicit or completely legal. The legal antiquities trade abides by national regulations, allowing for extraction of artifacts for scientific study whilst maintaining archaeological and anthropological context.
Italy celebrated the return Friday of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and mosaics worth tens of millions of euros (dollars), that were ...
Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, [1] is the period of cultural European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD [note 1] comprising the interwoven civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin.
Classical antiquity generally covers the period in Mediterranean history from around 700 BC through the 5th or 6th centuries AD, culminating in Late antiquity (7th century AD). See also the preceding Category:Prehistoric Europe and the succeeding Category:Late antiquity
This is a list of museums with major collections of Greek and Roman antiquities. Naples Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy 130,000 objects [1] State Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia 106,000 objects [2] (Misleading collection, includes many objects from ancient settlements on the Northern Black Sea coast) British Museum, London, UK 100,000 ...
Classical Revival Style (1895–1920). These houses are characterized by simple Greek columns, restrained exterior ornament, and wide roof overhangs. The period during which they were built is marked by the decline of Victorian extravagance and a new interest in the antiquities of Greece and Rome. Bungalow Style (1900–1940). These houses ...