The Met Presents Three-Day Symposium in
Conjunction with Age of Empires Exhibition

What:	A three-day symposium, The Age of Empires: Comparisons and Interactions between East and West in Antiquity, will be presented at The Met Fifth Avenue in conjunction with the newly opened exhibition, Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220). All symposium sessions are free with Museum admission; advance registration is required.
When:	Thursday, April 6 6–8 pm Keynote Presentations Friday, April 7 Morning Session 10:30 am–1 pm Afternoon Session 2:30–4:30 pm The First Emperor of China and the Wider World: Asia and the Greco-Roman World Sunday, April 9 Morning Session 10:30 am–1 pm Afternoon Session 2:30–4:30 pm Art, Archaeology, and the Han Empire
Where:	Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium The Met Fifth Avenue 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue
Contact:	For more information, please contact Naomi Takafuchi 212 650 2130 or naomi.takafuchi@metmuseum.org.

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April 5, 2017

Images:

Kneeling Archer. Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.). Earthenware. Excavated in 1977, pit no. 2, mausoleum complex of Qin Shihuangdi (d. 210 B.C.), Lintong, Shaanxi Province. Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong. Photo: Courtesy Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum

Strongman. Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.). Earthenware with traces of pigment. Excavated in 1999, pit K9901, mausoleum complex of Qin Shihuangdi (d. 210 B.C.), Lintong, Shaanxi Province. Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong. Photo: Courtesy Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum

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