Egypt
- Exhibition: Question For Immortality Opens In Taiwan
Focus Taiwan History buffs in Taiwan will not need to travel to Europe or Egypt to get a peak into the life and culture of ancient Egypt when an exhibition featuring more than 200 artifacts, including an unwrapped mummy, opens in Taipei June 12. Titled...
- Bolton’s Egyptian Artefacts To Star In China And Taiwan Exhibitions
The Bolton News The artefacts are part of a touring exhibition, to be called Quest for Immortality — The Bolton Museum Collection, which will tour China and Taiwan for up to two years. As revealed last November, Denmarkbased, United Exhibits Group...
- Duped Council Hopes To Display Fake Statue
The Independent, UK (Jeananne Craig) A council which was duped into paying £440,000 for a fake Egyptian statuette said today that it hopes to put the sculpture on display in a local museum. Bolton Council bought the 20-inch Princess Amarna in 2003 after...
- Couple Pleads Guilty To Fraud Over Egyptian Statue Fakery
Manchester Evening News A COUPLE in their 80s today pleaded guilty to defrauding galleries and antique dealers by passing off fake works of art. George Greenhalgh, 84, and Olive Greenhalgh, 83, of Bolton, Greater Manchester, conspired to defraud art institutions...
- Exhibition: Ancient Egyptian Textiles And Modern Art
http://tinyurl.com/ytbaj2 (theboltonnews.co.uk) "Ancient Egypt will come alive this week in a new exhibition at Bolton Museum. From a Modern Land. Ancient Egyptian textiles: Contemporary Paintings will include ancient artefacts alongside contemporary...
Egypt
Quest For Immortality at Bolton Museum wins award
Bolton News
Bolton Museum has scooped a prestigious national award for its touring Egyptology exhibition, currently wowing visitors in the Far East.
“Quest For Immortality: The Bolton Museum Collection”, which received its one millionth visitor earlier this year, has won the international category of the “Museum Oscars” — the Museum and Heritage Awards. The exhibition has now moved to Shanghai, in China, after spending 12 months at different venues in Taiwan.
Leader of Bolton Council, Cllr Cliff Morris, said: “This is a fantastic achievement and a great honour.
- Exhibition: Question For Immortality Opens In Taiwan
Focus Taiwan History buffs in Taiwan will not need to travel to Europe or Egypt to get a peak into the life and culture of ancient Egypt when an exhibition featuring more than 200 artifacts, including an unwrapped mummy, opens in Taipei June 12. Titled...
- Bolton’s Egyptian Artefacts To Star In China And Taiwan Exhibitions
The Bolton News The artefacts are part of a touring exhibition, to be called Quest for Immortality — The Bolton Museum Collection, which will tour China and Taiwan for up to two years. As revealed last November, Denmarkbased, United Exhibits Group...
- Duped Council Hopes To Display Fake Statue
The Independent, UK (Jeananne Craig) A council which was duped into paying £440,000 for a fake Egyptian statuette said today that it hopes to put the sculpture on display in a local museum. Bolton Council bought the 20-inch Princess Amarna in 2003 after...
- Couple Pleads Guilty To Fraud Over Egyptian Statue Fakery
Manchester Evening News A COUPLE in their 80s today pleaded guilty to defrauding galleries and antique dealers by passing off fake works of art. George Greenhalgh, 84, and Olive Greenhalgh, 83, of Bolton, Greater Manchester, conspired to defraud art institutions...
- Exhibition: Ancient Egyptian Textiles And Modern Art
http://tinyurl.com/ytbaj2 (theboltonnews.co.uk) "Ancient Egypt will come alive this week in a new exhibition at Bolton Museum. From a Modern Land. Ancient Egyptian textiles: Contemporary Paintings will include ancient artefacts alongside contemporary...