Assistant Curator James Doyle highlights luxury goods featured in Golden Kingdoms that were used in ritual offerings made to the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá.
Curatorial intern Ji Mary Seo explores the ways in which ancient Americans were required to pay tribute to governing authorities, much as we pay taxes to our governments today.
Exhibition curator Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide shares the magnificence of the Palace of Versailles, and previews the exhibition Visitors to Versailles at The Met.
Assistant Curator James Doyle traces the saga of two warring Maya city-states using luxury objects featured in the exhibition Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas.
Assistant Curator James Doyle explores the artistry of a selection of blades on view in the exhibition Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas.
Curator Joanne Pillsbury highlights a number of the spectacular objects featured in Golden Kingdoms that reveal the prominence of women of power in the ancient Americas.