Explore The Met’s excavations at Nishapur, a city in northeastern Iran. Related material is on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in galleries 452 and 453.
ninth and thirteenth centuries, at Nishapur’s peak, its population is believed to have
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
archaeologists, and while details of the animal head differ from object to object—some have
Art has a unique way of bringing complicated facts to life. What can it tell us about the multiple histories of two continents over several centuries? Visit the American Wing.
Too often those in positions of power have only included others who look, live, love
Italian Renaissance artists became anatomists by necessity, as they attempted to refine a more lifelike, sculptural portrayal of the human figure.
field, Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) and Michelangelo (1475–1564), who are known to 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
Sotheby’s Olympia, London, October 13, 2004, lot 55; 16-22 June 2005, exhibited at the Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, London, by Chris Beetles who presumably purchased it at Sotheby’s; June 2005, purchased by Henrietta and Christopher McCall from Sandra Cronan who acquired it from Chris Beetles; acquired by the Museum in 2023, purchased from Christopher McCall, Henley-on-Thames, UK
ziggurat (Mesopotamian temple-tower) at Birs Nimrud, concluding that structure must have
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What does the androgynous depiction of Hatshepsut—and its subsequent destruction—tell us about the role of gender in Ancient Egypt?
Because, you know, as an Egyptian, I should have known, but I think this also speaks
