Art historians have identified Shahsevan weavings, including a variety of small-format
The reasons for the rapid disappearance of the Hittites, who had dominated Anatolia for centuries, remain unexplained.
Nonetheless, the Hittites seem to have suffered considerable problems in the early
“The vast expanse of Central and North Asia is rich in mineral resources of many kinds, which are extracted for use by the inhabitants of the area as well as those of lands far away. By the fourth millennium B.C., lapis lazuli from Badakhshan in Afghanistan is imported into Mesopotamia, and jade found in a royal Chinese tomb of the second millennium B.C. comes from Xinjiang. In the second millennium B.C., the people of the Andronovo culture are making their bronzes from copper and tin, which they mine from sources from the Urals to Tajikistan.”
The people of Andronovo raise cattle, have wagons and horses, and practice agriculture
Catherine Benincasa was born in Siena about 1347, died in 1380, and was canonized in 1461. She was a member of the Dominican order, a mystic, and minister to the poor and plague-stricken. This picture illustrates Saint Catherine’s miraculous levitation and exchange of her bloody heart with Christ
According to Os (1971), the main panel would have been flanked by two large standing
set [me] up as a monument This is the most complete grave monument of its type to have
The officials of Senwosret III erected their tombs in a close group that was separated from the royal pyramid complex by a narrow desert strip.
major mastaba tombs belonging to the officials Nebit, Harkherti, and Khnumhotep have
Galați, Romania, 1879–La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland, 1960
He may have acquired these at auctions abroad, as he was well informed about European
Isabel Stünkel, associate curator of Egyptian Art, and Adrienne Spinozzi, assistant research curator in The American Wing, write about two hippos in The Met collection.
Do you have a favorite color that has a special meaning to you?
Did you know there are tons of very small ancient Egyptian hippos at The Met? Use the clues in this post and meet four tiny hippos today!
Did you know that you don’t have to visit the Museum to get to know these hippos?
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
More than four hundred of Professor Eilenberg’s sculptures and objects have recently
