A Fine Centennial
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A Fine Centennial


This is a fine article on the centennial of the display of two Egyptian mummies at the Albany Institute of History and Art including comments by Peter Lacovara senior curator of Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern art at Emory University.

http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-c-2009-11-16-63965.113122_Milestone_for_Albany_Mummies.html#123




- Albany Mummies To Go Under The Scanner
YNN  (Beth Croughan) With Video. It's the most popular exhibition at the Albany Institute of History and Art. But Saturday, part of the Ancient Egypt display is taken out of the museum to unwrap a mystery. There were no sirens as the Five Quad...

- Interview With Peter Lacovara
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (By Rosalind Bentley) The King Tut exhibit now showing at the Atlanta Civic Center opened to much fanfare last month. Our fair city is the first stop in the world premiere of a major Egyptian art exhibit, which continues...

- Ramesses I Mummy
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/149295A very short piece from the Question and Answer section on the Arizona Daily Times web page, about the value of DNA testing mummies:"Question: The Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta had possession of a number...

- Minerva Magazine January/february
http://minervamagazine.com/issue1701/index.htmlMinerva is featuring a couple of Egypt-related articles this month (January/February 2006, Volume 17, No.1), including From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory by...

- Charlotte Collector's Egyptian Artifacts On Display
http://tinyurl.com/dk4tqAn article about the 90 items currently on display at the Mint Museum in North Carolina, mentioned earlier in the weblog when the exhibition first opened. A wide-ranging article based on an interview with Peter Lacovara, the curator...



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