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The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Fellowship Program Announces 2022–2023 Fellowship Appointments

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editorial

Putting Down Roots

December 1, 2016

By Caleb Leech

Managing Horticulturist Caleb Leech discusses the more than 30,000 bulbs planted at The Met Cloisters this fall.
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Essay

Kushan Empire (ca. Second Century B.C.–Third Century A.D.)

October 1, 2000

By Department of Asian Art

It was also a period of great wealth marked by extensive mercantile activities and a flourishing of urban life, Buddhist thought, and the visual arts.
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The Seleucid Empire (323–64 B.C.)

October 1, 2004

By Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Seleucus established a dynasty that lasted for two centuries, during which time Hellenistic art, a fusion of Greek and Near Eastern artistic traditions, developed and flourished.
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Musical Instruments of Afghanistan: An Ethnomusicologist's Journey

September 26, 2016

By Mark Slobin

Guest author Mark Slobin recounts his travels throughout Afghanistan observing the musical traditions of its people and highlights several of the instruments from the region that he donated to The Met in 2015.
Press Release

The Met Announces Schedule of Informal
Curatorial Talks about Middle Eastern Art

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Featured Publication—Turkmen Jewelry: Silver Ornaments from the Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Collection
Interview with the Collectors

October 17, 2011

By Nadja Hansen

One of several new Met books that will accompany the November 1 reopening of the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, this month's featured publication will be the first English-language book devoted to the extraordinary silver jewelry of the nomadic Turkmen people of Central Asia.
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Essay

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

Civilizations of Ancient Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Pakistan Featured in Landmark Metropolitan Museum Show

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Rare Coins from Nishapur

October 1, 2019

By Abdullah Ghouchani and Sheila Canby

The coins found at Nishapur reflect the rise and fall of dynasties in the early Islamic period.
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Art

Bowl with Pseudo-Inscriptional Design

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 2003.415

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Art

Architectural Tile with Partial Inscription

Date: second half 14th century
Accession Number: 2006.274

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Art

Bowl with Rosette

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 61.144

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Art

Carved Door Panel

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 23.67.7

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Art

"Interior Reception", Folio 36r from a Bustan of Sa`di

Painted by Shaikh Zada (Iranian, active 1510–1550)

Date: ca. 1525–35
Accession Number: 1974.294.3

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Art

Bowl with Arabic Proverb

Date: late 10th–11th century
Accession Number: 56.44

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Art

Bowl Decorated in the 'Beveled Style'

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 28.82

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Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

`Umar Aqta'

Date: late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
Accession Number: 18.17.2

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Art

Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

`Umar Aqta'

Date: late 14th–early 15th century (before 1405)
Accession Number: 18.17.1

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Art

Tile from a Squinch

Date: second half 14th century
Accession Number: 20.120.189