Egypt
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- Exhibition: Cleopatra At The Franklin Institute
Washington Times (Jacquie Kubin) With photos. Still no news about where the next venues are going to be. mposing in their size and power are the two 16-foot tall figures of a Ptolemic King and Queen from the Temple of Amon at Heracleion, an ancient city...
- Exhibition Review: Cleopatra
Obit (Julia M. Klein) A better than usual review of the Cleopatra exhibition in Philadelphia. Warning, though - she couldn't resist an Indiana Jones reference! The Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, whose adventurous zeal evokes Indiana Jones, is...
- Exhibition: More Re Cleopatra
New York Times (Edward Rothstein) With slideshow. The wonder we feel is not at Cleopatra’s beauty (which Plutarch reports was “in itself not altogether incomparable”) but at the extraordinary cultural universe that preceded her and surrounded her...
- Exhibition: Cleopatra At The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Thanks to Stan Parchin for the link. Tickets are now on sale for the exhibition (Cleopatra - The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt) to members only until February 28th. The exhibition opens on June 5th 2010. If you're interested...
- Exhibition: Cleopatra To Open In Philadelphia In Summer 2010
PR-Canada.net The world of Cleopatra, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface in a new exhibition, "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," making its world premiere in June 2010 at The Franklin Institute...
Egypt
Exhibition: Cleopatra at the Franklin Institute
Delco News Network (Christina Perryman)
After Egypt fell to Rome in 30 B.C. and Cleopatra famously took her own life following the suicide of Mark Antony, the new Roman rulers did their best to wipe Cleopatra and her legacy from Egyptian history. Historians believe the Romans attempted to destroy all artifacts, including statues, documents, etc., and tried to rewrite history by spreading malicious rumors about the former queen, potentially causing a general misunderstanding of Cleopatra and her time governing Egypt.
Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Egypt’s pre-eminent archaeologist, and French underwater archeologist Franck Goddio, director of European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) are attempting to correct the misconception and learn as much as possible about Cleopatra, her life and legacy. While Dr. Hawass searches Egyptian land for Cleopatra’s and Mark Antony’s lost tomb, Goddio leads an extremely ambitious underwater expedition, looking for clues to Cleopatra’s every day life. Since beginning his search in 1992, Goddio has uncovered Cleopatra’s royal palace as well as two ancient cities, Canopus and Heracleion, buried beneath the sea for almost 2,000 years after a series of tidal waves and earthquakes.
- Exhibition: Cleopatra At The Franklin Institute
Washington Times (Jacquie Kubin) With photos. Still no news about where the next venues are going to be. mposing in their size and power are the two 16-foot tall figures of a Ptolemic King and Queen from the Temple of Amon at Heracleion, an ancient city...
- Exhibition Review: Cleopatra
Obit (Julia M. Klein) A better than usual review of the Cleopatra exhibition in Philadelphia. Warning, though - she couldn't resist an Indiana Jones reference! The Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, whose adventurous zeal evokes Indiana Jones, is...
- Exhibition: More Re Cleopatra
New York Times (Edward Rothstein) With slideshow. The wonder we feel is not at Cleopatra’s beauty (which Plutarch reports was “in itself not altogether incomparable”) but at the extraordinary cultural universe that preceded her and surrounded her...
- Exhibition: Cleopatra At The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Thanks to Stan Parchin for the link. Tickets are now on sale for the exhibition (Cleopatra - The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt) to members only until February 28th. The exhibition opens on June 5th 2010. If you're interested...
- Exhibition: Cleopatra To Open In Philadelphia In Summer 2010
PR-Canada.net The world of Cleopatra, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface in a new exhibition, "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," making its world premiere in June 2010 at The Franklin Institute...