Ancient Art Podcast (audio)

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Episodes

Total: 70

This is the first of multiple episodes focusing on one of the most iconic, pivotal, and contentious

9: Walk Like an Egyptian

2007/10/29

The ancient riddle of the human form in Egyptian painting is finally answered! But it ain't simple.

8: Cicadas

2007/7/23

With all the hoopla from the arrival of the 17-year magicicada to much of the Midwest and with the a

7: Gandharan Bodhisattva

2007/6/16

In episode 7, we march in the footsteps of one of the most revered and notorious conquerors of the

6: A Classical Lekythos

2007/3/30

One could easily pass by this muted, diminutive, unassuming lekythos at the Art Institute of Chicago

5: A Corinthian Pyxis

2007/2/20

In this episode we take a look at some Archaic Greek vase painting in a pyxis from the Orientalizing

4: Statue of Osiris

2007/1/28

Everything you didn't know you wanted to know about Osiris and didn't think to ask! Episode 4 checks

3: A Donkey-headed Rhyton

2006/12/15

Using a particularly delightful example from the Art Institute of Chicago, we look at the history of

Episode 2 examines the iconography and symbolism throughout the decoration of the Mummy Case of Paan

Our inaugural episode examines the role of the scarab beetle in Ancient Egyptian religion and funera