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Exhibition: Akhenaten in Geneva

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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 of the Pharaohs" at Geneva, Switzerland's Musées d'art et d'histoire.

Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Sun and Shadows of the Pharaohs at Geneva, Switzerland's Musées d'art et d'histoire (October 17, 2008-February 1, 2009) explains the relation of art, religion and power during the reign of ancient Egypt's "heretic" pharaoh.

See the above paeg for more details.

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