Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Copper in a set of axes and swords dating to about 1700 B.C. and found in Eastern Hungary came from the Alps, 500 miles away. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World's Ritual and Memory exhibition explores what objects like these, along with drinking vessels, jewelry, sculptures, altars, and more, reveal about beliefs, community organization, and connections among different groups—of men and women, warriors and wives, kings and farmers—in the ancient Balkans and beyond: https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ritual-and-memory
Copper in a set of axes and swords dating to about 1700 B.C. and found in Eastern Hungary came from the Alps, 500 miles away. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World's Ritual and Memory exhibition explores what objects like these, along with drinking vessels, jewelry, sculptures, altars, and more, reveal about beliefs, community organization, and connections among different groups—of men and women, warriors and wives, kings and farmers—in the ancient Balkans and beyond: https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ritual-and-memory
