New York's Met presents 1,000 years of Byzantine influence on Christian African art
NEW YORK — Mosaics, paintings, jewelry, ceramics, manuscripts from the 4th to the 15th century: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is showing 200 ancient and mediaeval works that reflect a thousand years of influence of the Byzantine Empire on the Christian communities of Egypt, Tunisia and Ethiopia.One of the wealthiest in the world, the museum has brought together