James A. Doyle, Ph.D.

Do Gods Sleep? Maya Deity Houses at Copán

New Design for Eternity blog, up at Now at the Met.

Decoding a Maya Rain God Sculpture from Chichen Itza

Design for Eternity in WSJ

Check out the review of the Metropolitan Museum exhibition “Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas” in the Wall Street Journal.

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The Search for Kings and Queens in Ancient Panama

I’ve got Panama on the brain for the opening of the Gardiner Museum iteration of “Beneath the Surface: Life, Death, Gold, and Ceramics in Ancient Panama.”

My talk here.

The exhibition here.

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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!

Temple Model, 2nd century B.C.–A.D. 3rd century Colima, Ceramic; height 7-1/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, From the Collection of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft, Bequest of Nina Bunshaft, 1994 (1995.63.5) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/317600 — Temple Model, 2nd century B.C.–A.D. 3rd century
Colima,
Ceramic; height 7-1/8 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, From the Collection of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft, Bequest of Nina Bunshaft, 1994 (1995.63.5)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/317600

#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 the Met features a previously unrecognized Maya scepter fragment, probably a serpent foot of K’awiil.