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 ...

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 brimming with Greek and Roman art, ...

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 ...

the Getty iced it out of a deal it brokered to acquire part of a multibillion-dollar collection of ancient Roman statues. MANHATTAN (CN) — A Swiss art dealer sued the Getty Museum for $77 million, ...

"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 ...

(Christie’s Images Limited 2023) Gordon Getty, the billionaire son ... columns inspired by ancient Roman and ancient Greek architecture. The villa contains three bedrooms and totals 4,000 ...

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 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 ...