Egypt
Charleston Gazette (Julie Robinson)
- Exhibitions
Lost Kingdoms of the Nile Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A review of the exhibition of Nubian archaeology with photographs and an audio slideshow. Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs. Travels to Toronto and Denver Art Museum Journal Short...
- Exhibition: Wonderful Things
Michael C Carlos Enews, February 2009 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”...
- 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...
- Kmt Summer 2008 - Volume 19, Number 2
KMT Magazine Marianne Eaton-Krauss discusses “Seats of Power: The Thrones of Tutankhamen.” “The Animal Mummies of Abu Rawash” are examined by Salima Ikram & Alain Charron. Peter Lacovara reports on a new exhibition at the Michael C. Carlos...
- Exhibition: Lost Kingdoms Of The Nile
Emory Wheel Even before the release of Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc and The Mummy, Americans had found a place in their hearts for all things Egyptian. The ancient Nubians, whose thrived in North Africa from 6000 B.C. to 350 A.D. were as strong...
Egypt
Exhibition: Lost Kingdoms of the Nile
Charleston Gazette (Julie Robinson)
With slideshow showing photos of Nubia, some of the artefacts and the exhibition under construction (accompanied by music).
They don't get the same press as the Egyptians, but the rich and powerful Nubians reigned long before their flashy neighbors on the Nile River. Treasures from the kingdom that thrived more than 5,000 years ago are on brilliant display at the Clay Center's visiting exhibit.
"Lost Kingdoms of the Nile" features more than 200 objects on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The exhibit, which continues through April, made only one other stop on this tour -- at the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta.
"Everyone thinks the Egyptians are the greatest thing ever. You don't hear as much about the Nubian people," said Clay Center curator Barbara Racker.
- Exhibitions
Lost Kingdoms of the Nile Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A review of the exhibition of Nubian archaeology with photographs and an audio slideshow. Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs. Travels to Toronto and Denver Art Museum Journal Short...
- Exhibition: Wonderful Things
Michael C Carlos Enews, February 2009 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”...
- 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...
- Kmt Summer 2008 - Volume 19, Number 2
KMT Magazine Marianne Eaton-Krauss discusses “Seats of Power: The Thrones of Tutankhamen.” “The Animal Mummies of Abu Rawash” are examined by Salima Ikram & Alain Charron. Peter Lacovara reports on a new exhibition at the Michael C. Carlos...
- Exhibition: Lost Kingdoms Of The Nile
Emory Wheel Even before the release of Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc and The Mummy, Americans had found a place in their hearts for all things Egyptian. The ancient Nubians, whose thrived in North Africa from 6000 B.C. to 350 A.D. were as strong...