Egypt
Tim Reid's Egyptians blog
- Book Of The Dead Of Sobekmose To Go On Display At The Brooklyn
Art Daily Following a three-year-long conservation project, the final section of the rare, thirty-five-centuries-old Egyptian Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose will go on long-term view on September 28. One of the most important funerary...
- More Inside Views On The Book Of The Dead Exhibition
British Museum (John Taylor) It’s now just over one month since the Book of the Dead exhibition opened to the public – the culmination of a number of years work. So it’s greatly satisfying to see it full of people at last. We’ve always been aware...
- 3400 Year Old Book Of The Dead
The British Museum's curator Dr John Taylor has located pieces of a New Kingdom book of the dead that once belonged to a high priest of Amun in around 1420 bc. The fragments are kept in the Queensland Museum but there are other pieces in various...
- The Goldworker Of Amun Sobekmose
Here we have the Book of the dead of Sobekmose an 18th dynasty goldworker of Amun. Sobekmose lived within the reign of Thutmosis III to his son Amenhotep II, between 1479bce - 1400bce, At such a date it makes Sobekmose's one of the earliest Books...
- The Papyrus Of Ani
Any lived during Egypt's 19th dynasty dying probably around 1275 bc. Though Any's mummy appears to be lost to history his book of the dead is one of the finest and best preserved to have come down to modern times. Any's book of the dead would...
Egypt
Feature: Truth on Display
Tim Reid's Egyptians blog
Continuing his theme on Egyptian artefacts currently held by collections outside Egypt Tim has provided a roundup of some of the more contraversial items that are to be found in European museums. See Tim's post, above, for the full story. Here's a short extract.
Certainly the battle of Egypt's authorities to retrieve artifacts that have gone abroad over the last 200 years is in full swing though the bust of Nefertiti is the star of this cause there are still many more questionable important artifacts. I have not included those monuments taken to Rome in Imperial times.
Perhaps the most blatant provenance of theft is the 19th dynasty book of the dead of Ani that Wallace Budge went way overboard in its acquisition. Including detention by authorities, removal of the book of the dead at the time accompanied by an 18th dynasty book of the dead and a 20th dynasty book of the dead all were re acquired and sent in ambassadorial baggage to London before the Egyptian authorities could stop them from leaving. All three books were secured for and are in the British museum.
- Book Of The Dead Of Sobekmose To Go On Display At The Brooklyn
Art Daily Following a three-year-long conservation project, the final section of the rare, thirty-five-centuries-old Egyptian Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose will go on long-term view on September 28. One of the most important funerary...
- More Inside Views On The Book Of The Dead Exhibition
British Museum (John Taylor) It’s now just over one month since the Book of the Dead exhibition opened to the public – the culmination of a number of years work. So it’s greatly satisfying to see it full of people at last. We’ve always been aware...
- 3400 Year Old Book Of The Dead
The British Museum's curator Dr John Taylor has located pieces of a New Kingdom book of the dead that once belonged to a high priest of Amun in around 1420 bc. The fragments are kept in the Queensland Museum but there are other pieces in various...
- The Goldworker Of Amun Sobekmose
Here we have the Book of the dead of Sobekmose an 18th dynasty goldworker of Amun. Sobekmose lived within the reign of Thutmosis III to his son Amenhotep II, between 1479bce - 1400bce, At such a date it makes Sobekmose's one of the earliest Books...
- The Papyrus Of Ani
Any lived during Egypt's 19th dynasty dying probably around 1275 bc. Though Any's mummy appears to be lost to history his book of the dead is one of the finest and best preserved to have come down to modern times. Any's book of the dead would...