Metropolitan Museum of Art – Page 6

The Woman in Wood

Steve Houston and I published a new commentary on the American Museum of Natural History’s beam from Tikal Temple II Lintel 2, on Maya Decipherment.

Thanksgiving, Precolumbian style

My latest for Now at the Met.

Design For Eternity – Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas

Now open!

#AskACurator Day – Storify

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

Archival Treasure and Gold Masterpieces from Venado Beach, Panama

I found a great old excavation notebook from Venado Beach in our AAOA files. See more at Now at the Met.

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.

Olmec Babies at the Met

Our favorite Olmec baby featured in new Now at the Met blog.

Lintel not Lentil

My blog exploration of the Metropolitan’s relief panel, likely a lintel from La Pasadita, Guatemala, or thereabouts.

The Gilded Road/El Camino Dorado

Latest addition to Now at the Met, chronicling my journey through Central and South America. Amazing museum and site visits, as seen through my tweets at the time!