Conservators Glenn Petersen and Mecka Baumeister and Jan G. Reeder, former consulting curator for the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Costume Institute, examine the mystery behind and debunk the myths around Pierre Yantorny and his work.
; Gift of Miss Mercedes de Acosta, 1953 (2009.300.1179 a-f) A number of myths have
The wrapping with linen changed forever the shape of the human body and created a new being of divine character that was believed to be able to live forever.
The Mummification Process The mummification of King Tutankhamun’s body may have been
of a panoply, the set of offensive and defensive arms that a Greek warrior would have
Some researchers have suggested that these figures may be depictions of lizards or
Found at Colle del Capitano near Monteleone di Spoleto by Isidoro Vannozzi on February 8, 1902 (Scientific American 1903, p. 385; Robinson 1906, p. 83). 1902, discovered by Isidoro Vannozzi; [purchased by Benedetto Petrangeli from I
None seems to have been used for fighting in battle.
The rediscovery of Nimrud and its sculptures was one of the great archaeological events of the nineteenth century, and since that time the site has been recognized as one of the most important in Iraq.
period, Nimrud was home to multiple Assyrian palaces and temples, all of which have
Internships for graduate students in The Met’s Department of Objects Conservation, a dynamic and diverse department with over twenty-five full-time conservators. Interns work alongside and learn from conservators under whose supervision they carry out in-depth treatment on a broad range of materials. These internships are unpaid.
Program Information Conservation training programs around the world have various
C. Griffith Mann, Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge of the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, introduces the exhibition Treasures and Talismans: Rings from the Griffin Collection and discusses the process of refurbishing the Glass Gallery for the installation.
Inside the museum, we have opened the new exhibition Treasures and Talismans: Rings
The Middle Kingdom (mid-Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13, ca. 2030–1640 B.C.) began when Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II reunited Upper and Lower Egypt, setting the stage for a second great flowering of Egyptian culture.
The preceding Old Kingdom appears to have been an age of supreme confidence—at least
Unearthing my family history through James Van Der Zee and Harvey Cook Jackson’s photography.
Of the cameras found, some would have been manufactured as early as the 1940s, and
