Architectural Models Reflect Life in Ancient Americas

Historic and extraordinary architectural models from the ancient Americas go on public display in late October at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibit is a major achievement in bringing together architectural models from the great civilizations that existed in what is now Central and South America during the Middle Ages and earlier. From the first millennium B.C. until the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, artists in the ancient Americas created small-scale...

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