"Time and Cosmos" Reviewed in Wall Street Journal

Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity continues to receive wonderful reviews in the press. The Wall Street Journal's Critic at Large Edward Rothstein writes, "visit the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University to see its remarkable exhibition." Read his article featuring waterclocks, sundials, variable hour lengths, Clepsydran prostitutes, and parapegmata here.

Photo:
Gem Engraved with Cricket Playing Aulos, and Sundial on Pillar
Carnelian
H. 1.54 cm; W. 1.37 cm
1st century BCE–3rd century CE
Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, FG 6525
© bpk, Berlin / Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Johannes Laurentius / Art Resource, NY