Sunday, February 19, 2012

Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC

Today we had a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to tour the Ancient Near East exhibit, among others. The Ancient Near East exhibit included:

The Assyrian Empire

The Assyrian Royal Court


The Rise of Civilization: The Ancient Near East c. 8000-3000 B.C.
(this one had a lot of cylinder and stamp seals for cuneiform writing)

Cities, States, and Early Empires: The Ancient Near East c. 3000-1200 B.C.
(more cylinder seals)

Kingdoms and Empires: The Ancient Near East c. 2000 B.C. - A.D. 200

From the Achaemenid to the Sasanian Empire: The Ancient Near East and Silk Road Contacts c. 559 B.C.-A.D. 651

The Interconnected World of the Ancient Near East

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