A DAY AT THE MET 2008
 

Just came back from a day at the Met. The spotlight was on the ancient Greek,Etruscan and Egyptian arms, armor and othe items. Here are a few pics :) .



Lew

Some more pics.

Here is the famous Etruscan chariot.

Here are some Egyptian items :) .

Excellent pics Lew...thanks!

Awesome!!!
 

Holy S*#T!!! That is awesome, thank you for sharing!

Gav

Etruscan Chariot
 

Lew,
Thanks for sharing the pictures.

How did they unearth an entire chariot? Was it dug in and stored underground as some kind of offering too?

Olikara

I am not too sure but I think this was unearthed back in the early part of the 20th century I think by a farmer? I will do some research and get back to you soon.


Here is the link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monteleone_chariot

Lew

What a feast. I just do not understand why the East African warriors with thier huge spears are not seen in the same light as classical warriors. My kind of day out with a beer or two. :cool:

Nice job with the pics Lew. Photographing piece on exhibition is alway a difficult thing to do and these look pretty good. :)

Thanks Lew
great pictures, made even more difficult with all that plate glass :cool:

Love the two Kopis ....surprised that there was no Khopesh amongst the Egyptian artefacts (both the Kopis and Khopesh are two of my favourite ancient weapons.)

Regards David

Thanks Lew, very inspiring!

spiral

Thank you Lew.

Excellent subject matter, and excellent photographs.

Please accept my compliments and appreciation.

Thanks All

Here are a few more pics of some pacific island items that were on display. The last pic is a Native American woodlands club.

Thank you Lew, wonderful pictures!!! Let me say that it's a shame that the Monteleone chariot, a unique masterpiece of the Etruscan art, is not in its original land.... anyway... there is also an african and indonesian section in the MET? thanks again

Regards
FLavio

Quite an eye full.

Flavio

Hopefully one day it will makes it's way back to your country :)


Lew

Maybe one day ..... ;) :)

Thanks for the pics Lew.
Very nice exhibit.
Luc