Egypt
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- Exhibit: Coffin Of Noblewoman On Display In Kansas City
Journal Star (L. Kent Wolgamott) With photo. Want to see some artifacts from ancient Egypt but not planning to head to Denver to catch the King Tut show? Then drive south to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and take a look at its newly refurbished Ancient...
- The Ancient Land In Antiquities And Photographs At The Nelson-atkins
KC Tribune (Steve Shapiro) Before such superheroes as Iron Man and Batman crowded the imagination, truly super beings, bearing the names Osiris, Isis and Horus, strode tall and mighty—and why not? Ancient Egypt in its heyday was the equivalent of Russia...
- Opening Of Egyptian Galleries At The Nelson-atkins
InfoZine A spectacular 2,300-year-old collection of funerary objects from an Egyptian tomb will be the centerpiece of new Egyptian galleries that open May 8 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Among the objects is an elaborately decorated, 7-foot inner...
- Ethical Questions Haunt Museums’ Acquisition Of Antiquities
KansasCity.com (Steve Paul) When the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art announced last year that it had acquired a colorful, ancient Egyptian coffin, officials presented a small sheaf of paperwork affirming that all was on the up and up. This was no back-door,...
- Nelson Gallery Acquires Ancient Egyptian Funerary Display
Kansas City Star The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has announced a prominent new resident. At 8 feet tall she could come to be known as a Wonder Woman, but don’t call her “Mummy Dearest.” The museum’s multimillion-dollar acquisition is a spectacular...
Egypt
Nelson-Atkins and others collaborate to unearth the secrets of a mummy
examiner.com (Paul Proffett Jr)
This summer, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, a prominent local cardiologist, and an Egyptian anthropologist have all taken part in a unique collaboration to unearth the secrets of the Museum’s 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy.
The discoveries, the most prominent of which is a sketch of what the man underneath the wrappings actually looked like, will be revealed to the public in a special presentation today at 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the Museum’s Atkins Auditorium. (The program is free, although tickets must be reserved through the Museum’s website.)
The findings were unveiled recently at a Museum press conference attended by ATF deputy director Kenneth Melson, as well as Nelson-Atkins curator of ancient art Robert Cohon and Mid America Heart Institute cardiologist Dr. Randall Thompson. “Today, what we’re celebrating is the marriage of art and science,” new Museum director Julian Zugazagoitia said in his opening remarks, the first to the press since beginning his tenure earlier this month.
- Exhibit: Coffin Of Noblewoman On Display In Kansas City
Journal Star (L. Kent Wolgamott) With photo. Want to see some artifacts from ancient Egypt but not planning to head to Denver to catch the King Tut show? Then drive south to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and take a look at its newly refurbished Ancient...
- The Ancient Land In Antiquities And Photographs At The Nelson-atkins
KC Tribune (Steve Shapiro) Before such superheroes as Iron Man and Batman crowded the imagination, truly super beings, bearing the names Osiris, Isis and Horus, strode tall and mighty—and why not? Ancient Egypt in its heyday was the equivalent of Russia...
- Opening Of Egyptian Galleries At The Nelson-atkins
InfoZine A spectacular 2,300-year-old collection of funerary objects from an Egyptian tomb will be the centerpiece of new Egyptian galleries that open May 8 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Among the objects is an elaborately decorated, 7-foot inner...
- Ethical Questions Haunt Museums’ Acquisition Of Antiquities
KansasCity.com (Steve Paul) When the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art announced last year that it had acquired a colorful, ancient Egyptian coffin, officials presented a small sheaf of paperwork affirming that all was on the up and up. This was no back-door,...
- Nelson Gallery Acquires Ancient Egyptian Funerary Display
Kansas City Star The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has announced a prominent new resident. At 8 feet tall she could come to be known as a Wonder Woman, but don’t call her “Mummy Dearest.” The museum’s multimillion-dollar acquisition is a spectacular...