Egypt
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
- Exhibition: Coins Through The Ages
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- Gold Coins Found In Coptic Alter
A series of 29 Byzantine gold coins has been found in a Pharaonic tomb at Dra Abu el Naga. The tomb was at some time converted into a Coptic chapel and it was within a small column supporting the alter that the coins were found. The coins bear the names...
- The Missing Princess Of The Malawi Museum
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- Gold Coins Of Emperor Valens
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Egypt
Exhibition: Coins through the Ages
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
The Egyptian Museum, Cairo opened a new temporary exhibit entitled: Coins Through the Ages on August 10. Over the past eight years the Egyptian Museum has hosted a series of temporary exhibitions, the most recent of which focused on five artifacts which were repatriated to Egypt. The temporary exhibition space (Hall 44) has also hosted a series of exhibits on excavations under the direction of foreign teams. This includes teams from America, France, Poland and the Netherlands. This exhibition was curated by Sayed Hassan, who did an excellent job and will be working with the new Egyptian Museum in Rome. I'm including here the text from the brochure that will be handed out during the exhibit:
Before the invention of money, people bartered their surplus crops and cattle amongst themselves to obtain necessary commodities. The invention of coins provided the means to transition from a barter system to a monetary system. Metal coins are divisible, variable in form, convenient for trade with foreign markets and can be saved for use at a later time.
- Exhibition: Coins Through The Ages
Luxor Times The exhibition is one of a themed series the Supreme Council of antiquities organizing to display artefacts specific to one topic through Egyptian history. The exhibition will show a collection of coins dated back to different eras including...
- Nefertiti Bust - On The Move
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/01/05/2003218102 "Nefertiti will be removed from the converted guard house on March 2 to take up temporary residence at the Kultur Forum exhibition hall at Potsdamer Platz in the revivified centre of...
- Gold Coins Found In Coptic Alter
A series of 29 Byzantine gold coins has been found in a Pharaonic tomb at Dra Abu el Naga. The tomb was at some time converted into a Coptic chapel and it was within a small column supporting the alter that the coins were found. The coins bear the names...
- The Missing Princess Of The Malawi Museum
National Geographic has a whole series of excellent images of the Malawi museum before and after the tragic looting of the middle of August. The statuette above is of a daughter of Akhenaten and is among the most important of the missing artifacts....
- Gold Coins Of Emperor Valens
...