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ONE-MA3: Gypsum Adventures in Aramengo

July 16, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Carene Umubyeyi ’22 Our last day of ONE-MA3 was spent applying what we learned in Professor Ochsendorf’s lecture at the American Academy in Rome by constructing our own gypsum shell structures using minimal reinforcement. We […]

The Power of Pigments

July 15, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Even though the ONE-MA^3 program has finished, I decided to stay in Italy to work with the University of Turin and the Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) studying the pigment Egyptian blue and […]

ONE-MA3: Finding the Ever-Elusive “Work-Life Balance”

July 15, 2019 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

By Anna Landler ’22 I think that I just received arguably the best lecture of my life. There is some serious competition – I had Professor Eric Lander for 7.012 – but this lecture is certainly […]

A Discussion Over the Ethics of Mummified Hands

July 11, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 While I’m here in Italy, I have been completing most of my research at the Museo Egizio of Turin, which is home to the second largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in the […]

ONE-MA3: Day XXIV: A Grand Gypsum-Filled Finale

July 10, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Even though the bittersweet end of the ONE-MA^3 program has been rapidly approaching, our pace of completing research has kept at a quick clip, if not even faster than it has been […]

ONE-MA3 – Day XVIII: Night at the Egyptian Museum…During the Day

July 8, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 We all know the story of Night at the Museum, and many of us can admit to fantasizing when we were younger about what might happen if artifacts of figurines and mummies […]

ONE-MA3 – Day XVII: La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Center

July 8, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

Sophia Mittman ’22 It has been quite a difference to go from the narrow and bustling streets of Rome to the long, wide, and French-looking facades of Turin with the Alps peeping above the city in […]

ONE-MA3 – Searching for Egyptian Blue and Creating Our Own

July 8, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Naomi Lutz ’22 We first learned about Egyptian Blue the first week in Sermoneta when we used the pigment to make our frescoes. We knew little about it other than that it was the first […]

ONE-MA3 – Day XV: All Roads Lead to Rome…

July 8, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 In the past few days we have learned about some of the major networks that Romans constructed such as roads (like the Via Appia) and aqueducts (like the Anio Novus), and indeed […]

ONE-MA3 – Collecting data in Terracina and Exploring the Ruins of Pompeii

July 5, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Naomi Lutz ’22 On Thursday morning, we packed up and left the castle after having spent eleven nights there. We were sad to leave the comfort of the castle but excited to visit and stay […]

ONE-MA3 – Roaming Around Rome

July 5, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Naomi Lutz ’22 We checked into our hotel in Rome late Saturday night and our first stop was, of course, gelato. The gelato place put melted chocolate at the bottom of the cone, making it […]

ONE-MA3 – The World’s Best Creations… Pocket-sized

July 5, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Ben Bartschi ‘22 The Castle of Ninfa, which we digitally reconstructed using phone cameras, drone pictures, and a technique known as photogrammetry “To infinity, and beyond!” Buzz Lightyear’s catchphrase is recognized all around the world and […]

ONE-MA3 – Day XIII: Roman Roads, Ruins, and Relaxation

July 2, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Overall, our trip in Terracina is a short one. Today was the only full day we’ll have spent here, but it was jam-packed full of exciting archeological field work. In our four […]

ONE-MA3 – Day XIV: Pompeii!

July 1, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 A short night of rest and our bags packed fully once again, we said goodbye to Terracina and made the trek to Pompeii by bus. (Fun fact that I learned: Pompeii with […]

ONE-MA3 – The King of the Paintbrush and the Heavens

July 1, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

Marcin Hajduczek ’22 “Visitors are reminded to cover their knees and shoulders, and that photography is strictly forbidden,” chimed the robotic voice over the speakers. It was drowned out by the excited murmur of a flood […]