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In this Monday, July 27, 2015, photo, a sculpture titled “Terme Boxer, 3rd–2nd century B.C.” is seen at the J. Paul Getty Museum in the “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of Hellenistic World” exhibit in Los Angeles. The exhibit brings together more than 50 bronzes from the Hellenistic period that extended from about 323 to 31 B.C.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 | 2:45 p.m.
LOS ANGELES — It's almost as if the dozens of exquisitely detailed, often perfectly intact bronze sculptures on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum disappeared into an ancient witness-protection program — and decided to stay there for thousands of years.
"Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World," opened Tuesday.
Getty officials say the exhibition brings together for the first time some of most rare, brilliant bronze works of the ancient world.
Many were missing for centuries, shipwrecked, lost to history or buried under the debris of a massive volcanic eruption in 79 A.D.
They were assembled from the collections of 32 lenders in 14 countries on four continents.
They will be at the Getty until Nov. 1, before moving to the National Gallery of Art in Washington in December.
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