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Stan Parchin The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston presents Secrets of the Tomb: Egypt 2000 B.C. from October 18, 2009 to January 10, 2010. The exhibition introduces the viewer to the Egyptian concept of the afterlife through the funerary equipment of Djehutynacht, a local governor, and his wife during the civilization's Middle Kingdom period (2040-1640 B.C.). Discovered by the MFA, Boston during...
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Stan Parchin The Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec presents Tombs of Eternity: The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt from December 19, 2008 to August 16, 2009. The exhibition explains the Egyptians' concept of death not as the end of life, but as the beginning of immortality and what they did to guarantee their eternal existences. More than 200 funerary objects from the Museum of...
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Switzerland's Basel Ancient Art Fair (November 7-12, 2008), the premiere event for dealers and collectors of Near Eastern, Egyptian and classical antiquities, celebrates its fifth anniversary at the Baroque Reithalle Wenkenoff. Each of the BAAF's vendors, a member of the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art (IADAA), adheres to a strict code of ethics...
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced on October 15, 2008 plans for the establishment of a state-of-the-art conservation science laboratory. Intended for the purpose of conducting in-depth art-historical research through technical means, Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded the museum a $2,613,450 grant for the facility. Once constructed, the new laboratory will enable...
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) The Musée du Louvre will host The Gates of Heaven: Visions of the World in Ancient Egypt from March 6 to June 29, 2009. "The Gates of Heaven" is an ancient Egyptian expression that refers to the doors of a sanctuary that contained the statue of a divinity. See the above page for the full story. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, presently at the Dallas Museum of Art (October 3, 2008-May 17, 2009) will make its next United States stop at the M.H. de Young Museum in San Francisco, California (June 27, 2009-March 28, 2010). The exhibition will visit another American venue as yet unannounced. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) On view at the de Young Museum at the same time as Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs will be Opening Tutankhamun's Tomb: The Harry Burton Photographs . The 38 prints illustrate archaeologist Howard Carter's excavation of the pharaoh's burial place in the Valley of the Kings. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes
