Emory University student Emily Farek investigated the ancient technique of gold granulation. She examined Carlos Museum objects and considered the chemistry that enables this process.

The Carlos Museum houses an excellent collection of carved gems from throughout the ancient world. In antiquity, the carved surface would have been pressed into either wax or clay to transfer the image.

This slide presentation documents the use of 3-D prototyping to aid in the reconstruction of extensive losses in a black-figure ceramic plate.

In 1921, William Arthur Shelton, a professor in Emory's Candler School of Theology, purchased an Old Kingdom mummy from the sacred site of Abydos in Middle Egypt.