EditorialA clay tablet from ca. 1750 B.C., inscribed with “The Exaltation of Inanna,” a poem attributed to Enheduanna, included in “She Who Wrote,” an exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, Nov. 7, 2022. (Lila Barth/The New York Times)
EditorialThailand: The Thalang Victory Memorial. Warrior statues at Phuket Historical Park, Thalang, Phuket, depicting the victory of the people of Phuket over the invading Burmese, 1785-6
EditorialSecretary of the Interior Deb Haaland during a Senate subcommittee hearing in Washington, June 16, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)
EditorialNetherlands / Indonesia: Jan Pieterszoon Coen (8 January 1587 – 21 September 1629), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Oil on panel painting, c. 1750-1800
EditorialThailand: The Thalang Victory Memorial. Warrior statues at Phuket Historical Park, Thalang, Phuket, depicting the victory of the people of Phuket over the invading Burmese, 1785-6
EditorialFaience boar’s head terrine (1750-60), left, and Brussels gourd tureen (1750-60) exhibited by Michele Beiny at the Winter Show in New York, March 31, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)