Egypt
Washington Times (Jacquie Kubin)
With photos. Still no news about where the next venues are going to be.
- Exhibition: Where's Cleo?
Archeaology Magazine (Mark Rose) Cleopatra’s reputation as a seducer of emperors—Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian (later Caesar Augustus)—and her suicide by snake bite have made her one of the ancient world’s most intriguing characters....
- Exhibition Review: Cleopatra
Obit (Julia M. Klein) A better than usual review of the Cleopatra exhibition in Philadelphia. Warning, though - she couldn't resist an Indiana Jones reference! The Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, whose adventurous zeal evokes Indiana Jones, is...
- Exhibiting Cleopatra
KYW Newsradio (Karin Phillips) The Penn Museum is offering its own Egyptian experience as Philadelphia prepares to welcome the world premiere Cleopatra exhibit at the Franklin Institute. Penn Museum is world renowned for its Egyptian archaeological...
- Exhibition: Cleopatra At The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Thanks to Stan Parchin for the link. Tickets are now on sale for the exhibition (Cleopatra - The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt) to members only until February 28th. The exhibition opens on June 5th 2010. If you're interested...
- Exhibition: Cleopatra To Open In Philadelphia In Summer 2010
PR-Canada.net The world of Cleopatra, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface in a new exhibition, "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," making its world premiere in June 2010 at The Franklin Institute...
Egypt
Exhibition: Cleopatra at the Franklin Institute
Washington Times (Jacquie Kubin)
With photos. Still no news about where the next venues are going to be.
mposing in their size and power are the two 16-foot tall figures of a Ptolemic King and Queen from the Temple of Amon at Heracleion, an ancient city near modern day Alexandria.
Making a search extending back 2,000 years in history even more difficult is that Egypt’s Roman conquerors attempted to rewrite history by destroying all evidence of her existence and her romances with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, assignations that were as much about romance as they were about aligning Egypt with political power.
Your visit starts with a brief movie, which introduces two men, Dr. Zahi Hawass, archaeologist and Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Franck Goddio, underwater archaeologist and director of IEASM. These explorers are looking beneath the sea and into the warm sands of Egypt seeking the final resting place of the elusive queen.
Stepping beyond what is believed to be a statute of Cleopatra’s body (the head is sadly missing) visitors walk into the ruins of ancient Alexandria and are able to see, quite closely, the very artifacts that once populated the Queens castle and court.
The presentation is as interesting and impactful as any I have seen. It is also reverently quiet as people listen to the personalized audio tour where the “voice” of Cleopatra narrates your journey centuries back in time.
- Exhibition: Where's Cleo?
Archeaology Magazine (Mark Rose) Cleopatra’s reputation as a seducer of emperors—Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian (later Caesar Augustus)—and her suicide by snake bite have made her one of the ancient world’s most intriguing characters....
- Exhibition Review: Cleopatra
Obit (Julia M. Klein) A better than usual review of the Cleopatra exhibition in Philadelphia. Warning, though - she couldn't resist an Indiana Jones reference! The Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, whose adventurous zeal evokes Indiana Jones, is...
- Exhibiting Cleopatra
KYW Newsradio (Karin Phillips) The Penn Museum is offering its own Egyptian experience as Philadelphia prepares to welcome the world premiere Cleopatra exhibit at the Franklin Institute. Penn Museum is world renowned for its Egyptian archaeological...
- Exhibition: Cleopatra At The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Thanks to Stan Parchin for the link. Tickets are now on sale for the exhibition (Cleopatra - The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt) to members only until February 28th. The exhibition opens on June 5th 2010. If you're interested...
- Exhibition: Cleopatra To Open In Philadelphia In Summer 2010
PR-Canada.net The world of Cleopatra, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface in a new exhibition, "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," making its world premiere in June 2010 at The Franklin Institute...