Egypt
- Podcast: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy
Michael C. Carlos Museum iTunes required. In September of this year, the Carlos Museum will open the exhibition Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, which will focus attention on a 4,000 year old mummy that was purchased for...
- Exhibition: Wonderful Things At The Michael C. Carlos Museum
Artdaily.org The thrill of discovery, chronicled as a turning-point in the appreciation of ancient art and societies, connects the exhibition “Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun” at the Michael...
- 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...
- Book Review: Excavating Egypt
About.com I am fairly sure that I've featured this review previously, but new visitors may be interested (an anyway, its Petrie!). There are some lovely photographs accompanying the article: A Special Exhibition Catalogue Review by Stan Parchin Excavating...
- Kmt - Fall 2005
http://www.egyptology.com/kmt/fall2005/index.html The newest edition of KMT is being promoted on the KMT website (Volume 16, Number 3, Fall 2005). Features include (copied from the website above): HATSHEPSUT: FROM QUEEN TO PHARAOH by Dennis Forbes: An...
Egypt
Charlotte collector's Egyptian artifacts on display
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An 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 of ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art at Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta. Various subjects are discussed, ranging from individual pieces from the collection to subjects like the importance of the Rosetta Stone: "Among these works are mummy boards, scarabs, ceremonial vessels and figurines representing deities and servants. These objects were interred with the mummified remains of socially prominent Egyptians over a period of about 3,000 years ending with the first century A.D. Later they were uncovered and traded on the international market, where they eventually found their way into the hands of a Charlotte lawyer who lent them anonymously to the Mint. . . . Lacovara, who helped organize the exhibition and wrote an essay for the accompanying brochure, said in a recent telephone interview that he has known the collector for several years. He said that the collection was assembled over the past eight years by a discerning eye and consists of beautiful, high-quality examples of Egyptian art". See the article for more.
- Podcast: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy
Michael C. Carlos Museum iTunes required. In September of this year, the Carlos Museum will open the exhibition Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, which will focus attention on a 4,000 year old mummy that was purchased for...
- Exhibition: Wonderful Things At The Michael C. Carlos Museum
Artdaily.org The thrill of discovery, chronicled as a turning-point in the appreciation of ancient art and societies, connects the exhibition “Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun” at the Michael...
- 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...
- Book Review: Excavating Egypt
About.com I am fairly sure that I've featured this review previously, but new visitors may be interested (an anyway, its Petrie!). There are some lovely photographs accompanying the article: A Special Exhibition Catalogue Review by Stan Parchin Excavating...
- Kmt - Fall 2005
http://www.egyptology.com/kmt/fall2005/index.html The newest edition of KMT is being promoted on the KMT website (Volume 16, Number 3, Fall 2005). Features include (copied from the website above): HATSHEPSUT: FROM QUEEN TO PHARAOH by Dennis Forbes: An...