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Image for Undecorated Coffin from an Embalming Cache, Labelled “Khaemhor” (26.3.13a, b)
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Undecorated Coffin from an Embalming Cache, Labelled “Khaemhor” (26.3.13a, b)

November 15, 2023

By Janice Kamrin, Anna Serotta, and Ahmed Tarek

This plain white coffin, excavated by The Met’s Egyptian Expedition in the 1920s, was full of material from the mummification of a man named Khaemhor, made sacred by contact with his body. Learn more here about the excavation, construction, and meaning of this fascinating object.
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Essay

The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 B.C.)

October 1, 2004

By Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

The Achaemenid Persian empire was the largest that the ancient world had seen, extending from Anatolia and Egypt across western Asia to northern India and Central Asia.
Image for Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879–1948) in Persepolis
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Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879–1948) in Persepolis

February 1, 2017

By Daira Szostak

Along with his studies at the Islamic city of Samarra, [Herzfeld’s] research at Persepolis is the best known work of his career.
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editorial

Artemisia Gentileschi's Esther Before Ahasuerus

March 29, 2010

By Keith Christiansen

Each time I stand before this painting I am impressed by the clever way the artist—the most famous female painter of the seventeenth century—has infused a well-known biblical story with her understanding of a gendered society in which women employed beauty and cleverness to gain the upper hand.
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Egypt in the Late Period (ca. 664–332 B.C.)

October 1, 2004, revised January 1, 2018

By Marsha Hill and James P. Allen

One notable feature of the Late Period is the diversity of religious practices manifest in inscriptions and material remains.
Press Release

The Cyrus Cylinder–2,600-Year-Old Symbol of Tolerance—on View at Metropolitan Museum
June 20–August 4, 2013

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Turquoise in Ancient Egypt

April 1, 2018

By Deborah Schorsch

Although turquoise is closely linked with Egyptian culture in scholarly and popular perceptions, it was, in fact, a rare commodity in ancient Egypt.
Press Release

Robert Frank's Groundbreaking Photographs Featured in Major Exhibition Marking 50th Anniversary of His Book The Americans