Marie Svoboda

Bio

is conservator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum. She is coeditor of Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project (Getty, 2020).

Antiquities Conservation, J. Paul Getty Museum Associate Conservator

Stories

  1. Meet the Portrait Mummy of Herakleides

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    Portrait of a young man attached to a wrapped mummy made of red linen with a gilt leaf crown

    An online exhibition explores the identity of a 2000-year-old mummified man

    Jul 1, 2021

  2. Experimenting with Natural Dyes from Home to Learn More about Ancient Life

    Article

    Scraps of fabric hanging from a clothesline.

    A colorful way to get through quarantine

    Jun 25, 2020

  3. New Directions for Research on Ancient Romano-Egyptian Panel Paintings

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    A close up of a mummy portrait featuring a woman with gold jewelry.

    An international collaborative project on artistic materials and practice in antiquity reaches an important milestone

    Sep 10, 2018

  4. A Mummy Offers Clues to Cultural Exchange and Technology in Roman-Ruled Egypt

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    A mummy in a glass case is displayed in a gallery surrounded by other antiquities

    One of the Getty Villa’s most fascinating objects, a 2,000-year-old mummy, continues his journey

    Jan 24, 2017

  5. Technology Unlocks the Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Portraits

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    An ancient portrait in gold and colorful wax of a woman with large eyes and dark brown hair, adorned with earrings, a diadem, and bejeweled necklaces

    Conservators, scientists, and scholars are assembling new information on 2,000-year-old funerary paintings

    Apr 5, 2016