The Golden Deer of Eurasia; Perspectives on the Steppe Nomads of the Ancient World

Joan Aruz

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This important volume describes the extraordinary art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean. Objects of the highest artistry reflect the development of a sophisticated trade network throughout the eastern Mediterranean region and the resulting fusion of Near Eastern, Aegean, and Egyptian cultural styles.  The impact of these far-flung connections is documented in the precious materials sent to royal and temple treasuries and, most dramatically, in objects discovered on merchant shipwrecks off the shores of southern Anatolia. The history of the period and the artistic creativity fostered by interaction among the powers of the ancient Near East, both great and small, are discussed by an international group of scholars in essays and entries on the more than 350 objects included in the exhibition, continuing the fascinating story begun in the landmark catalogue Art of the First Cities (2003).

Beyond Babylon: Art Trade and Diplomacy in the 2nd Millenium BC

History

Ancient Civilizations

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Golden Deer of Eurasia; Perspectives on the Steppe Nomads of the Ancient World

Beyond Babylon: Art Trade and Diplomacy in the 2nd Millenium BC