Recently, I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in order to find an artwork to write about for my history class. I’ve been to the Met before, but during those times I was usually with friends or family. This time I went alone so I felt like I was able to pay much more attention to the works, allowing me to learn more. I spent a lot of time in the Egyptian section as I was trying to find a work that was pertaining to what I was studying in class, and there were so many interesting artworks. I noticed that the hippo was an animal that appeared quite frequently in Egyptian works. There was a statue that I had found of a hippo goddess and after doing some research realized that she was the goddess, Taweret, who was the goddess of childbirth and fertility in ancient Egypt. Afterwards, I had ended up in the American section, which was actually my first time seeing it. It was really interesting to see the set up and designs of houses that existed in the past. In the richer households everything was so elaborate and very in-your-face, which is quite different from today’s designs. There were also a lot of different paintings, but one that stood out to me the most depicted a war scene, showing a wounded soldier and another who was temporarily blinded due to the chemical warfare that took place. I’ve always liked learning about history and I do a little drawing as a hobby, I also recently started painting with watercolors, and so, seeing all of the art from places all around the world is really amazing. Especially when you take into account the materials that the people had available to them at the time to make such artifacts.