Egypt
Exhibition: Akhenaten and Nefertiti in Erbach, DE
Suite101 (Stan Parchin)
In cooperation with Berlin's world-famous Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, the Deutsches Elfenbeinmuseum Erbach (Erbach German Ivory Museum) presents Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Rulers in the Divine Light (April 3-August 9, 2009). Some 70 works of art from Egypt's Amarna Period are superbly displayed, each produced during the 17-year reign of the enigmatic Pharaoh Akhenaten (r. 1352-1335 B.C.) and Nefertiti, his principal wife.
See the above page for more details. It looks great - wish I could go!
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An Amarna Bibliography
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin) The endless fascination with ancient Egyptian art and civilization during the revolutionary age of the "heretic" pharaoh Akhenaten (r. 1353-1335 B.C.) and Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1322 B.C.) continues to inspire the publication...
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Exhibition: Akhenaten In Geneva
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) It is a good year for those who are interested in the 18th Dynasty. Stan Parchin reports on a new exhibition in Switzerland: Ancient Egypt's tumultuous Amarna Period is described in "Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Sun and Shadows...
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Exhibition: Ancient Egypt's City In The Sun Exhibition At Penn Museum
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) Stan Parchin introduces the exhibition, offers background history to the Amarna period, and details about its organization and contents. The review is accompanied by photographs. More than 100 works of art and objects from the...
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Return Of The Neues
Here we have a view of the original Egyptian court destroyed in the second world war. The neoclassical Neues museum was designed by architect Friedrich August Stuler and opened on Berlin's museum island in 1855 having taken more than a dozen...
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Akhenaten And Nefertiti
Cyril Aldred The Brooklyn Museum The Viking Press 1973 SBN 670-11139-2 U.S.A. This 1973 book is by the late Egyptologist Cyril Aldred for the Brooklyn museums 150 year anniversary. Though I must say the late Mr. Aldred,s last book I read was his 1968...
Egypt