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In-Focus Tour | Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade

In-Focus Tour | Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade

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Date(s) - 07/24/2024
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

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Freer Gallery of Art

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Free USD
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Access@si.edu, hmsgeducation@si.edu
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(202) 633-1000
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Smithsonian Institution


WASHINGTON, DC

Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 2 – 2:20 pm

Join our docents for a twenty-minute talk to explore the art of ancient Yemen, from fine alabaster statues to elegant architectural elements and funerary steles. These works span the second half of the first millennium BCE to the third century CE.

Please meet at gallery 22 for this tour. Learn about the exhibition

Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade .

Stela with figure of a woman above one line of inscription, Yemen, Wadi Bayhan, 3rd century BCE-mid-1st century CE, calcite alabaster, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection), S2013.2.208

Sponsor: Asian Art Museum

Venue: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Event Location: Gallery 22

Cost: Free.No registration or tickets (walk-up only)

Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours

Related Events: Join our docents for a twenty-minute talk to explore the art of ancient Yemen, from fine alabaster statues to elegant architectural elements and funerary steles. These works span the second half of the first millennium BCE to the third century CE. , , Please meet at gallery 22 for this tour. Learn about the exhibition Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade.

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