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 Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
So, he’s holding a copper plate that would have been covered in a waxy kind of
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.
Get a handle on palm-sized ephemera in The Met collection.
Few inventions have changed the world the way paper has.
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
Continuing archaeological excavations and study of ballgame-related objects promise to shine new light on this topic, as well as on other aspects of the ballgame, a long-lived and deeply meaningful Mesoamerican tradition.
More than 1,500 ballcourts have been discovered in Mesoamerica.
The ceremony of capac hucha, or “royal obligation” in Quechua, reportedly occurred to mark natural events like a drought or the accession or death of an Inca ruler.
In recent decades, excavation teams have recovered human bodies deposited in bundles
Gothic ivory carvings of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries took many forms, including diptychs, triptychs, caskets, combs, and mirror backs. One of the most exceptional objects, however, is the ivory booklet
Except for the two painted leaves, all have raised edges.
A graduate intern travels to Turkey to do research for the exhibition and discovers the multivalent nature of the exhibition objects.
Armenia, the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and many other sites on which Armenians have
