Sahure: Death and Life of a Great Pharaoh

June 24 to November 28, 2010 at Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung in Frankfort

From June 24 to November 28, 2010 the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung will present the exhibition “Sahure – Death and Life of a Great Pharaoh.” Ruling Egypt from about 2428 to 2416 BC, Sahure was a both politically and culturally outstanding king of the Fifth Dynasty and thus a prominent representative of the Old Kingdom, the “Age of the Pyramids.”

Amongst all known pyramid complexes, that of Sahure in Abusir near Cairo, which boasts several superlatives, takes a special position. The intricate architecture with a total length of just under 500 meters reveals a pure, classical form of strict axiality and perfection. The walls are decorated with 10,000 square meters of royal relief art.

The finds made so far can be assembled to the most beautiful and abundant picture book of the Old Kingdom. With high-caliber originals – reliefs, architectural elements, sculptures, vases, and valuable papyruses – from international museums such as the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection in Berlin, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the show gives evidence of the worship this great Egyptian pharaoh enjoyed. A special chapter of the exhibition will be dedicated to the scientist and explorer Ludwig Borchardt, who discovered Sahure’s pyramid complex in the early twentieth century and from whose excavations important reliefs from Sahure’s temple complex came into the possession of the Liebieghaus in the course of the finds’ distribution. Historical documents, diaries, and drawings convey a comprehensive picture of the fascinating excavation history of Sahure’s pyramid temple which began more than one hundred years ago and still continues today.

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Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

British Museum: 4th November 2010 to 6th March 2011

For any ancient Egyptian of wealthy standing, the "Book of the Dead" was an invaluable roll of papyrus which kept within it all the secrets of the afterlife: spells, illustrations and incantations revealing the path from death to mummification and, finally, the liberation of the soul.

Many of these "books" were acquired by the British Museum in the late-19th century, but have lain in vaults, too fragile to unfurl and never before seen by the public. Now, after an extensive period of conservation, they are to be displayed alongside a dazzling array of mummies, coffins, jewellery and statues in a major exhibition entitled Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, which opens on 4 November. The Book of the Dead of Hunefer, a 5.5m-long papyrus, will be among the 192 items on display.

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TUTANKHAMUN: Latest News on Scientific Report

On: Saturday 29 May 2010 at: University of London

A Saturday study day presented by Joyce Filer (BA; Dip. Arch MSc; MSc), held at:
University of London, from: 11am to 5pm

Hughes-Parry Hall (The Garden Halls) 19-26 Cartwright Gardens,
Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9EF.

Scientists have now revealed their fascinating findings from a new detailed examination of the mummy of the boy-king Tutankhamun. Join Joyce on this new study day to debate and explore the very latest findings on his probable cause of death, his medical conditions, which members of his family have been identified and what tests were used to examine his body.

Joyce Filer was recently selected as the BBC Tutankhamun spokesperson to be interviewed on the new biological findings when this ground-breaking report was released. She is an Egyptologist and Physical Anthropologist having spent 10 years as the British Museum Curator for Human and Animal Remains in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan. She has undertaken cemetery excavations in Sudan, Egypt and Britain, CT scanning projects and forensic examinations. She is the only British archaeologist to have officially examined the body from Tomb KV55, often thought to be Tutankhamun's brother. She has made many TV appearances and written widely on ancient Egypt. She is also acknowledged as a world expert on mummies.

The Study Day is aimed at Adults. Children of secondary age need to request permission from the Organizer.

For further information please contact
Richard Barritt   email: rikki_promo@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 07973 695 168

Links:

New TUTANKHAMUN Study Day at: UNIVERSITY of LONDON
http://heritage-key.com/event/tut-ankh-amun-study-day-joyce-filer

We are also presenting the FORENSIC ASPECTS of ANCIENT EGYPT Study Day at: UNIVERSITY of LONDON

http://heritage-key.com/event/forensic-aspects-ancient-egypt-repeated-popular-demand

Both the above events are listed on British Archaeology website:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/briefing/confs.asp

For other different interesting Egyptology events contact the Bloomsbury Summer
School:  http://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/

Lucia Gahlin:
bloomsbury@egyptology-uk.com

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The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt
Exhibition Dates: 10th Feb 2009 - 6th Dec 2009
Venue: Chicago Oriental Institute Museum

Visitors will come face to face with a newly drawn image of an ancient Egyptian singer-priestess named Meresamun in a new exhibition at the Oriental Institute Museum.

From the instruments she played to details about her health, the exhibition, “The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt,” will provide a personal look into Meresamun’s life.

Details about her health, as revealed in CT scans using the latest equipment, help tell her life story. “In a virtual way, people will be able to meet this remarkable woman and, through her eyes, learn what it was like to live in Egypt 2,800 years ago,” said Emily Teeter, Research Associate at the Oriental Institute and curator of the exhibition. “We will be able to ‘recreate’ the life of an Egyptian in a way no one has attempted before.”

The exhibition will be on display at the Oriental Institute Museum from Tuesday, Feb. 10 through Sunday, Dec. 6. The centerpiece of the show is a brightly decorated coffin that contains the body of a woman who lived in Thebes (modern Luxor) in southern Egypt about 800 B.C.

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Egypt The Search For Tutankhamun: BBC One Sun 30 Oct, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm  60mins

Part 1 of a six-part dramatised documentary about the discovery of Ancient Egypt. Carter was an irascible Englishman who travelled to Egypt to work as a painter but soon became an archaeologist, being fascinated by Ancient Egypt and determined to make an important discovery.

When evidence for Tutankhamun's tomb came to light, he became obsessed with finding it and after years of searching with his patron, Lord Carnarvon, eventually gazed at a sight not seen for thousands of years. Interwoven with Carter's adventure is the mysterious story of the boy king Tutankhamun who, aged eight, became king and married his sister.

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