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Model Homes March/April 2026
Doorways for the Dead
LOCATION: Thebes, Egypt
DATES: Ca. 1981–1975 b.c.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920 -
Model Homes March/April 2026
A Maya God’s Humble Abode
LOCATION: Copán, Honduras
DATE: Ca. a.d. 700–850
Peabody Museum Expedition, 1891-1892. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 92-49-20/C21 -
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1994 -
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York -
Archaeological Museum of Heraklion-Hellenic Ministry of Culture-Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.RE.D.) -
Model Homes March/April 2026
Head of the Household
LOCATION: North Macedonia
DATES: Ca. 6400–5500 b.c. 
Misla -
Model Homes March/April 2026
Afterlife of the Party
LOCATION: Nayarit State, Mexico
DATE: 200 b.c.–a.d. 300
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Joanne P. Pearson, in memory of Andrall E. Pearson, 2015 -
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1968
Model Homes
A look inside miniature worlds created for the living, the dead, and the divine
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Joanne P. Pearson, in memory of Andrall E. Pearson, 2015
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