On Thursday, November 16th friends and I went over and walked around the Metropolitan Museum. The minute you get there you are enchanted by the outstanding atmosphere and are immediately fascinated by all your surroundings. Instantaneously the first section I wanted to look around was the exhibit of the ancient Greek and Roman. I have always been interested in Greek mythology, and seeing statues and ancient artifacts from thousands of years ago really enticed me. Fun fact that I learned was that most of these statues were sculpted not by any modeling individual but rather based solely on the sculptors image of what he pictured to be the human being. This fact was super interesting considering most of these statues are so well designed, detailed, and undeniably realistic that you would think they were based on a real human. Another exhibit that i found truly fascinating was ancient Egypt. The minute we stepped into the exhibit there was a smaller recreation of the ancient pyramids. There you were able to step inside and see the hieroglyphics and pictures that they actually drew on them, which I thought was very cool. Also, there were real life sized tombs [for mummies] for where the ancient Egyptians placed the deceased. I learned that the ancient Egyptians believed in reincarnation, where they believed they would come back after they died and that is why they were huge advocates for preserving the bodies of the dead, reason why they mummified them. Every exhibit in the metropolitan museum of Art is so beautifully and phenomenally fabricated and designed that I highly recommend it to anyone who has a chance to stop by. My visit made me truly appreciate all the outstanding and captivating pieces of art that come from all different types of nations, cultures, and people.
