Day 3 A Day in the Metropolitan

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Today we decided to move by cab. I was surprised to see that the taxis now have LCD monitors with GPS and up to the hour news and weather forecast. Is like having your own PC connected to the Internet but in the back of the car. The drive was short. The Metropolitan Museum building is impresive. Located in one side of the Central Park, it is composed of several buildings with different exhibits.

We were able to visit the GreeK and Romans exhibits, the Medieval art and the arms and armor exhibits. This is only 30% of the exhibits available. All the exhibits we saw were magnificient. Today I will let the pictures talk by themselves.

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Photos

Greek Armor
The greek foot soldier used this helmet as part of this body armor. The helmet was made by hammering a disk of metal into the desired form.

Marble head from a herm
This scupture dates from 1st to 2 nd century AD.

Marble column from the temple of Artemis at Sardis
This Ionic column was 56 foot tall in the original building. The pieces shown were part of the original columns.

Detail of a Sarcophagus
This detail shows Dionisios on a panther with his attendants, the four seasons as winged youths,

Marble head of emperor Constantine 1
Constatnine was the first christian emperor of Rome who united the empire in 325 defeating the eastern emperor Licinious. He later moved the capital of the empire to Constatinopla,