I took over the @metmuseum account for an hour to answer questions! See the whole conversation here: https://storify.com/metmuseum/askacurator-with-james-doyle
Category Archives: Maya
Grasping the Foot of Lightning
Now at theMet features a previously unrecognized Maya scepter fragment, probably a serpent foot of K’awiil.
Tortuguero Monument 6: Maya Star Wars and a Misconstrued Doomsday
Blood, skulls, Maya 2012 doomsday, 3-D scanning and printing! All in a day’s work, Now at the Met.
Lintel not Lentil
My blog exploration of the Metropolitan’s relief panel, likely a lintel from La Pasadita, Guatemala, or thereabouts.
A Mountain’s Eyebrow
A Christmas week blog post on Now at the Met.
Lintel Fragment Published
New publication out in Mexicon, see Publications page.
Storify: ITweetMuseums #MetDetails
Taking part in “Tweet-up”: https://storify.com/ITweetMuseums/draft-metdetails-the-first-itweetmuseums-tweet-up
The Drinking Cup of a Classic Maya Noble
My latest on Now at the Met.
A Confederate Curio
Coming soon to a Mexicon near you…
Fond Farewell to DC; Dispatch from New York
Farewell to James Doyle — Dumbarton Oaks. I was kindly invited by Dumbarton Oaks to contribute to the newsletter to describe my bittersweet move away from DC and beginning a new life in New York at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Now I’ve embarked on new adventures in presenting Mesoamerican and Central American art toContinue reading “Fond Farewell to DC; Dispatch from New York”
