EditorialFILE PHOTO: The brother of Emanuela Orlandi, who went missing 36 years ago, Pietro Orlandi, leaves the Vatican after two tombs were opened in a cemetery on its grounds to test the DNA of bones to help solve one of Italy's most enduring mysteries in the Vat
EditorialSpindle whorl, Early Helladic, ca. 3000?2000 B.C., Aegean, Terracotta, 1 11/16in. (4.3cm), Vases, Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the deceased could continue to spin wool ...
EditorialSpherical spindle-whorl, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot I, ca. 2000?1800 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the...
EditorialVotive shield, Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; wheel-made, diameter 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Vases, During the Cypro-Archaic period, clay models of shields were placed in sancutaries and tombs. This example is unique because it is ...
EditorialTerracotta conical-hemispherical spindle-whorl with flat base, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot II, ca. 2000?1725 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They wer...