Relief Block

Relief Block

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On Long-term Loan to the Brooklyn Museum This "talatat" block is part of a scene that includes three additional blocks. The reconstructed scene, including this block, is on view at the Brooklyn Museum. For more information, see the record for Brooklyn Museum 2022.17. Link to record for MMA 68.16.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.