The World That Never Was

Pre-Columbian Art in the Ligabue Collection

Napoli, MANN, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
16th June - 30th October 2017

After the great success of Florence and Rovereto, the exhibition “The world that never was” has been moved to Naples. The story of the Mayans, Aztecs and Incas, and 50 cultures of Pre-Columbian America, told through artefacts never exhibited to the public before now. The collection of a modern-day businessman, alongside prestigious international loans, takes us on a journey through five thousand years of civilisation. An entire continent, full of living and breathing humankind, hidden from Europe by the oceans between until 1492.

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AN EXHIBITION NEVER SEEN BEFORE

After the great success of Florence and Rovereto, the exhibition “The world that never was” has been moved to Naples. The story of the Mayans, Aztecs and Incas, and 50 cultures of Pre-Columbian America, told through artefacts never exhibited to the public before now. The collection of a modern-day businessman, alongside prestigious international loans, takes us on a journey through five thousand years of civilisation. An entire continent, full of living and breathing humankind, hidden from Europe by the oceans between until 1492.

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