Coclé (Macaracas) artist – Double crocodile pendant – Coclé (Macaracas) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316677
Some researchers have suggested that these figures may be depictions of lizards or
Some researchers have suggested that these figures may be depictions of lizards or
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The donors and The Met have agreed that these carefully preserved instruments must
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 author and illustrator John Jennings discusses Seneca Village, Afrofuturism, and writing The Met’s first graphic novella.
All three of these figures are Black comic-book characters that have experienced
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
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
Get a handle on palm-sized ephemera in The Met collection.
Few inventions have changed the world the way paper has.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Henceforth, as one observer put it, the art of tapestries "will have to be given
Philippe de Montebello, then director of The Met, discusses the issue of works of art confiscated by the Nazis during World War II.
Philippe de Montebello: However foul and vividly recalled World War II-era thefts may have