Founded by J. Paul Getty, the villa's design was inspired by ancient Roman country homes. Its Greek and Roman antiquities, which include a 2,000-year-old mummy, have been on display to the public ...

Is Cancer Treatment in Mexico Safe? What You Need to Know If you would love to visit Rome or Greece, or if you are simply a fan of their myths, then you must go to Getty Villa. This cultural gem is ...

The Getty Villa is a Getty museum showcasing Greek and Roman art from before the Middle Ages, as well as rotating special exhibitions. Wander through the re-created Roman country home with a large ...

Getty Images The villa may have been like this one at Gargrave ... "The owners were pushing at being Roman, a consciously ostentatious display of identity." "Mosaics are high status, so these ...

"The ditches could date from the Iron Age, with the villa occupying an already defended area, or they could be Roman, marking the ... individual pits and wells." Getty Images Villas varied in ...

The landmark "Temple of 'Wings" estate nestled on a hillside in Berkeley has been bought for more than $5 million, ending decades of ownership by the billionaire heir to the Getty oil fortune. A group ...

A landmark estate nestled on a hillside in Berkeley known as the “Temple of Wings” has been bought for more than $5 million.