1. Guns, germs and steel
The museum houses over one million objects from ancient Egypt to contemporary art and represents almost every culture. They make note that the Egyptian art is separated from the African art because part historians viewed Egypt as a separate culture that had little contact with or influence from the rest of the continent. ... The first section I visited was "Egypt and Beyond", which began with a collection of Assyrian art filled with half-man/half animal images much like the walls of Egypt. Many ancient cultures believed in several gods and mythical creatures including the Greeks, Africans a...
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