Egypt
- Online Resource: Before The Pyramids
Oriental Institute Thanks to Ancient World Online for the above link. Newly available from the Oriental Institute: Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization. Edited by Emily Teeter...
- Online Journal: Egypt And Nubia In The 5th-4th Millennia Bce
British Museum Egypt and Nubia in the 5th–4th millennia BCE: A view from the First Cataract and its surroundings Maria Carmela Gatto British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 13 (2009): 125–45 Introduction Prehistoric sites were first found...
- Exhibition: Life Of Meresamun Exhibit At Oriental Institute
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) "The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt" at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum reconstructs the world of the religious performer. Exhibited from February 10 to December 6, 2009 are the results...
- Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago - Nubian Gallery
Time Out The institute has expanded its offerings with a new gallery focused on ancient Nubia, the area that is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan. The artifacts, many of which are on public display for the first time, go as far back as 6,000 years....
- Ancient Nubia In Chicago
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/060216/nubia.shtml"Some of the world’s most significant artifacts from Nubia, an ancient African civilization that had important connections to Egypt, will go on display Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Museum of the Oriental...
Egypt
More re Nubian Gallery at the Oriental Institute
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/14018554.htm
A nice review of the new permanent Nubian exhibition at the Oriental Institute in Chicago: "Some of the works on display, culled from the museum's 15,000-piece Nubian collection, are solemn and ceremonial. Others are utilitarian, like a leather quiver, still glossy and supple-looking, that dates from the time of Christ. But a surprising number, particularly among the ceramic pieces, use animal images in a surprisingly whimsical way. A smiling frog ('a symbol of rebirth,' Teeter said) gazes heavenward. Cartoonish crocodiles march around one pot, and friendly looking cobras dance around another. What at first seem to be limp flowers in the snakes' mouths prove on a second look to be Egyptian religious symbols. The liveliness of the Nubian pots couldn't be further from the stiff religious art of Egypt. They hint at the strange relationship between the two civilizations.
For several millennia, Nubia served as the conduit through which the riches of sub-Saharan Africa - precious metals, animal hides, spices and incense - reached Egypt and the Mediterranean world."
A nice review of the new permanent Nubian exhibition at the Oriental Institute in Chicago: "Some of the works on display, culled from the museum's 15,000-piece Nubian collection, are solemn and ceremonial. Others are utilitarian, like a leather quiver, still glossy and supple-looking, that dates from the time of Christ. But a surprising number, particularly among the ceramic pieces, use animal images in a surprisingly whimsical way. A smiling frog ('a symbol of rebirth,' Teeter said) gazes heavenward. Cartoonish crocodiles march around one pot, and friendly looking cobras dance around another. What at first seem to be limp flowers in the snakes' mouths prove on a second look to be Egyptian religious symbols. The liveliness of the Nubian pots couldn't be further from the stiff religious art of Egypt. They hint at the strange relationship between the two civilizations.
For several millennia, Nubia served as the conduit through which the riches of sub-Saharan Africa - precious metals, animal hides, spices and incense - reached Egypt and the Mediterranean world."
See the above article for the entire review.
A sample of some of the items on show can be found at the OI website:
A sample of some of the items on show can be found at the OI website:
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/GALLERY/NUBIA/Nubia_000.html
- Online Resource: Before The Pyramids
Oriental Institute Thanks to Ancient World Online for the above link. Newly available from the Oriental Institute: Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization. Edited by Emily Teeter...
- Online Journal: Egypt And Nubia In The 5th-4th Millennia Bce
British Museum Egypt and Nubia in the 5th–4th millennia BCE: A view from the First Cataract and its surroundings Maria Carmela Gatto British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 13 (2009): 125–45 Introduction Prehistoric sites were first found...
- Exhibition: Life Of Meresamun Exhibit At Oriental Institute
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) "The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt" at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum reconstructs the world of the religious performer. Exhibited from February 10 to December 6, 2009 are the results...
- Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago - Nubian Gallery
Time Out The institute has expanded its offerings with a new gallery focused on ancient Nubia, the area that is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan. The artifacts, many of which are on public display for the first time, go as far back as 6,000 years....
- Ancient Nubia In Chicago
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/060216/nubia.shtml"Some of the world’s most significant artifacts from Nubia, an ancient African civilization that had important connections to Egypt, will go on display Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Museum of the Oriental...