How to pronounce “aphrodite” in English

And Aphrodite's priestesses, who worshipped her and held temple to her, were actually called honey bees.

The Aphrodite was under proposal at the time, it was being considered for acquisition, but Walsh and Williams would tell you that they were considering a new acquisition policy

So here's the Aphrodite being mounted in its new museum in central Sicily, Morgantina.

for the Getty not the Statute of Aphrodite.

The Getty bought the Statute of Aphrodite for $18 million, it was a record price at the time and American museums kept buying looted antiquities really for the next few

And here is the Statute of Aphrodite; never shown in the Medici Polaroids, but through really shoe leather detective work by Italian investigators, by Getty's own investigators,

If you follow our blog chasing Aphrodite dot com what you'll see is that we are continuing to chase these cases as they emerge.

Their book, Chasing Aphrodite, uncovers really the roots of Jason and Ralph's discovery and what was chronicled in the L.A. Times.

Several deities are associated with bees and honey, Aphrodite, Ra, and Pan, just to name a few--

Well, into this mix came the Aphrodite and it really drew this long ongoing debate to the fore.

Well, investigating the Statute of Aphrodite thoroughly would only bring trouble and so they created a new policy, one that would allow for the acquisition of the Statute of

in the L.A. Times but also into the book entitled Chasing Aphrodite which chronicles basically the illicit antiquities trade as it existed in one of the world's richest museums.

Harold Williams is worried; he's worried that buying the Aphrodite is gonna get the Getty in a lot of trouble.

The Getty, by the way, has photographs of the Aphrodite in this kind of very disturbing state just after it arrived in Switzerland; it's kind of being poured out of a bag with

And the honey bee was also regarded as a token of magic in Greece, and was often associated with the goddess Aphrodite.

Well, it became clear that the Getty, if it was going to acquire the Aphrodite, needed a new acquisition policy.

exempt, they're getting a big tax break on that $6 billion to serve us, but they won't show us the smoking gun picture of the Aphrodite they say because they cut a deal with the

Very briefly, if you wanna follow these cases we track them on our blog, we break news on our blog, chasing Aphrodite dot com is where you can follow the kind of ongoing chase.