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Join Mark B. Garrison, Alice Pratt Brown Distinguished Professor of Art History, Trinity University, as he discusses the role of fire in Persian religions, including Zoroastrianism. Using glyphs and reliefs from Persepolis, he outlines the...

http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/fine-dining Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/silver-spoon-and-fork-roman-2006.514.3 "It's the smaller objects that really speak to you directly as an individual, as a person."...

http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/pensive Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/pensive-bodhisattva-korea-2003.222 "It's more about contemplating the notion of a being or a world that is beyond the one that...

http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/enigma Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/canopic-jar-with-a-lid-in-the-shape-of-a-royal-womans-head-egypt-upper-egypt-thebes-valley-of-the "It seems to me that aesthetically...

http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/enamored Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/bronze-statue-of-eros-sleeping-greek-43.11.4 It's so quiet that you don't think of it as so radical, but actually it's very rare...

http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/naked-authority Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/marble-statue-of-a-kouros-youth-greek-attic-32.11.1 His power resides in his beautiful body and the steadfast gaze...

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/sealed Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/cylinder-seal-and-modern-impression-nude-bearded-hero-wrestling-with-a-water-buffalo-bull-man-wrestling-with-lion-mesopotamia-41.160.281...

Related exhibition: Haremhab, The General Who Became King November 16, 2010—July 4, 2011 Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, Edwards Professor of Egyptology and Philology Emeritus, University College London, and Fellow Commoner, Christ's College...

Nicholas Reeves, Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Memorial Fellow, Department of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art The magnificent gold headpiece from Tutankhamun's tomb is the best-known Egyptian artwork in the world today...

http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/sustenance Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/statue-of-an-offering-bearer-egypt-upper-egypt-thebes-southern-asasif-tomb-of-meketre-20.3.7 "They've captured her in a moment in...