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Essay

Kingdoms of Madagascar: Malagasy Funerary Arts

October 1, 2003

By Alexander Ives Bortolot

Taken as a whole, the sculptural [of Malagasy funerary arts] program evokes the balance, harmony, and symmetry of the physical and metaphysical worlds.
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editorial

The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel

September 23, 2010

By Christopher S. Lightfoot

In 1996 mosaics were accidentally uncovered during highway construction in the modern Israeli town of Lod, not far from Tel Aviv (see map). Lod is ancient Lydda, which was destroyed by the Romans in a.d. 66 during the Jewish War. Refounded by Hadrian as Diospolis, Lydda was awarded the rank of a Roman colony under Septimius Severus in a.d. 200.
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editorial

More than a Museum

August 17, 2022

By Melissa Cholewa

Discovering a library within a museum.
Press Release

Exhibition on Unicorns in Medieval and Renaissance Art Marks 75th Anniversary of The Cloisters
May 15–August 18, 2013

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Essay

The Gods and Goddesses of Canaan

April 1, 2009

By Ira Spar

Although there existed no single state theology, the major gods reflect local geographical concerns about the fertility of the earth and the importance of water as well as relationships to the sky and the underworld.
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The Parthian Empire (247 B.C.–224 A.D.)

October 1, 2000, revised November 1, 2016

By Blair Fowlkes-Childs and Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Parthian art resists a straightforward definition, as it employs styles and motifs from both Hellenistic and earlier Near Eastern traditions that result in innovations in various media.
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Animals in Ancient Near Eastern Art

February 1, 2014

By Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Control of the natural world, as expressed by fierce animals, was a key aspect of the iconography of kingship.
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Essay

Mesopotamian Deities

April 1, 2009

By Ira Spar

Feared and admired rather than loved, the great gods were revered and praised as masters.
Press Release

Max Ernst: A Retrospective

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Essay

Gold, Griffins, and Greeks: Scythian Art and Cultural Interactions in the Black Sea

May 1, 2024

By Anatoly Grablevsky

Greek settlers and the Scythian peoples around them profoundly impacted each other's culture and art for centuries.
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Art

Plaque with horned lion-griffins

Date: ca. 6th–4th century BCE
Accession Number: 54.3.2

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Art

Earring with head of lion-griffin

Date: 4th–3rd century B.C.
Accession Number: 35.6.2

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Art

Earrings with lion-griffin terminal

Date: 4th–3rd century B.C.
Accession Number: 10.130.1504a, b

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Art

Earring with lion-griffin head terminal

Date: 4th–3rd century B.C.
Accession Number: 10.130.1501

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Art

Earring with lion-griffin terminal

Date: 4th–3rd century B.C.
Accession Number: 10.130.1500

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Art

Earring with head of lion-griffin

Date: 4th–3rd century B.C.
Accession Number: 35.6.1

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Art

Fragment of a limestone throne (?) with the head of a horned lion

Date: ca. 1st–3rd century CE
Accession Number: 74.51.2638

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Art

Terracotta plaque

Date: 27 BCE–68 CE
Accession Number: 08.258.31

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Blogs

Pazuzu: Beyond Good and Evil

Assistant Curator Sarah Graff discusses the lasting legacy of an eighth-century Neo-Assyrian demon.

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Art

Roundel with a horned animal, lions, and griffins

Date: ca. 3rd–1st century BCE
Accession Number: 1970.132