Category Archives: Europe

“Faking It” at the Met

An exhibition of Bronze Age reproductions rounds out the museum’s Greek collection Continue reading

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We Really “Are” What We Eat

Excavations at Azoria, Crete, reveal a 3,000-year-old diet and its surprising connection to early Greek city life Continue reading

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A Rare Gem of Hebrew Manuscript Illumination

Met curators shed light on the wine-stained pages of the Washington Haggadah Continue reading

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Ötzi Turns 20

Two experts discuss the Iceman’s tattoos, reconstruction, and significance as the famous mummy turns 20—give or take 5,300 years Continue reading

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The Original Social Network

Mummies and artifacts from the Silk Road show how connected we once were Continue reading

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A Man at Her Feet?

New questions arise about a peculiar 2,800-year-old burial on Crete Continue reading

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