A DAY AT THE MET 2008

[Lew]

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

[Lew]

Some more pics.

[Lew]

Here is the famous Etruscan chariot.

[Lew]

Here are some Egyptian items :) .

[CharlesS]

Excellent pics Lew...thanks!

[Gavin Nugent]

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

Gav

[olikara]

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

[Lew]

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

[Tim Simmons]

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:

[David]

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

[katana]

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

[spiral]

Thanks Lew, very inspiring!

spiral

[A. G. Maisey]

Thank you Lew.

Excellent subject matter, and excellent photographs.

Please accept my compliments and appreciation.

[Lew]

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.

[Flavio]

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

[Tim Simmons]

Quite an eye full.

[Lew]

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

Regards
FLavio


Flavio

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


Lew

[Flavio]

Flavio

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


Lew


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

[Luc LEFEBVRE]

Thanks for the pics Lew.
Very nice exhibit.
Luc