Egypt
London's Ancient Egyptian Medicine Exhibit Disappointing
Thanks to Stan Parchin for sending me this note. Apparently the exhibit organizers expected nobody but doctors to attend.
Suite101's intrepid Contributing Writer Frances Spiegel reported on December 10, 2008 that the exhibition Ancient Egyptian Medicine at London's Royal Society of Medicine is "a grave disappointment." On view from December 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009, the show is secluded in the institution's research library, away from the public's view.
Spiegel said the installation consists of a mere four vitrines. A nearby monitor displays x-rays of the mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1222 B.C.), images easily retrieved from the Internet. Pamphlets interpret the hieroglyphs of medical prescriptions.
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Four New Objects Added To Tutankhamun Exhibition
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin)A pectoral, bracelet and nested fetus coffins have joined "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" for the exhibition's encore tour of the United States. All four artifacts, found in the Treasury of the tomb of Egyptian...
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Wellcome Library's Medical Collection Goes Digital In Egypt
24 Hour MuseumA pioneering new partnership between the Wellcome Library in London and Egypt’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) will help reveal the story of early medicine in the Eastern world and enable rare materials to be universally accessible for the...
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Exhibition: De Montebello Exhibit At The Met
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Thanks to Stan for letting me know that in the above exhibition, for which details are provided on the above page, the Egyptian collection will be well represented: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will present The...
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Tutankhamun In London
UPI The new exhibit of treasures from King Tutankhamun's tomb at London's O2 domed stadium is expected to be the country's largest art show in nearly 50 years. It was announced Friday that advance reservations for the Egyptian exhibit, which...
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Pitt May Unravel Mummy Mystery
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_505609.html"The child mummy entombed in glass on the third floor of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has kept a secret for more than two millenniums. Today, scientists and doctors...
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