The Met's collection of ancient Near Eastern art includes more than 7,000 works ranging in date from the eighth millennium B.C. through the centuries just beyond the time of the Arab …

The Met's collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from the Paleolithic to the Roman period (ca. …

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than 17,000 works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's …

The Met’s collection of ancient American art sheds light on how these works were commissioned, created, and animated by powerful men and women across the continents.

Travel around the world and across 5,000 years of history through 490,000+ works of art.

What we know of these famous sculptures comes primarily from ancient literature and later Roman copies in marble (14.130.9). The middle of the fifth century B.C. is often referred to as …

The Met's collection of Islamic art ranges in date from the seventh to the twenty-first century. Its more than 15,000 objects reflect the great diversity and range of the cultural traditions of …

Ancient Greek Colonization and Trade and their Influence on Greek Art Art of the Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition Artistic Interaction among Cultures in Medieval Iberia Athenian …

The wall paintings from the villa at Boscoreale, some of which clearly echo lost Hellenistic Macedonian royal paintings, and exquisite bronzes (1972.118.95) in the Metropolitan …

The ancient Greeks worshipped many gods, each with a distinct personality and domain. Greek myths explained the origins of the gods and their individual relations with mankind.