An unusual new exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums explores that primal connection between man, beast and libation. Make no mistake: Our Bronze Age ancestors were well-acquainted with the concept of the liquid lunch, and they seem to have had one setting — beast mode. A new exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums explores how the ancients literally partied in beast mode, with cups shaped like the beings they revered the most: animals. (British Museum/Harvard Art Museums via AP) (Associated Press)The oldest object: a terra cotta cup featuring a snarling lion from what is now known as Turkey, believed to date to the early 2000s B.C. They were really quite fashionable,” Susanne Ebbinghaus, the show’s curator, said in an interview.

Source: Washington Post September 02, 2018 13:05 UTC