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 How the Ancient Egyptians Put Their Feet Up: Furnishings in Ancient Egypt
By Ilene Springer Mr. Mohamed Arabi: The "Bird Man" of Aswan
By Dr. Susan L. Wilson A Brief Look at the Sinai
By Jimmy Dunn Mummies of Ancient Egypt: The Process and Beyond
By Catherine C. Harris The Lost Feeling, Or Was It a Mummy?
By Arnvid Aakre Breaking the Color Code
By Anita Stratos Alabaster: Egypt's Rock of the Ages
By Sonny Stengle Wreck Diving in the Egyptian Red Sea
By Ned Middleton The Animals of Ancient Egypt
By Caroline Seawright  Editor's Commentary
By Jimmy Dunn Ancient Beauty Secrets
By Judith Illes Book Reviews
Various Editors Hotel Reviews
By Jimmy Dunn & Juergen Stryjak Kid's Corner
By Margo Wayman Cooking with Tour Egypt
By Mary K Radnich The Month in Review By John Applegate Egyptian Exhibitions
By Staff Egyptian View-Point
By Adel Murad Nightlife
Various Editors Egypt On Screen
By Carolyn Patricia Scott Restaurant Reviews
Various Editors Shopping Around
By Juergen Stryjak Web Reviews
By Siri Bezdicek Prior Issues May 1st, 2001
April 1st, 2001
March 1st, 2001
February 1st, 2001
January 1st, 2001
December 1st, 2000
October 1st, 2000
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| United States |
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| New York |
Sept 11 -Dec 30, 2001 |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028-0198
tel.: +1 212 535 7710 (recorded information)
"Along the Nile: Photographs of Egypt 1850 - 1870"
The exhibition of 19th-century photographs of Egypt will include some of the earliest camera images of Egypt's dramatic landscapes, exotic inhabitants, and imposing monuments. |
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| New York |
Sep. 11 - Dec. 30, 2001 |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028-0198
tel.: +1 212 535 7710 (recorded information) "The Pharaoh's Photographer: Harry Burton, Tutankhamun, and the
Metropolitan's Egyptian Expedition"
... some 60 photographs taken between 1906 and 1936 by members of the Metropolitan Museum's Egyptian Expedition will be shown ... The majority of the photographs are by Harry Burton ... All phases of Burton's work in Egypt will be represented, including selections from his Tutankhamun portfolio and film footage dating to the early 1920s. |
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| Buffalo |
Sept 12, 1998 -Sept, 2003 |
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, New York 14211-1293
tel. +1 716 896 5200
"Whem Ankh: The Cycle of Life in Ancient Egypt"
This exhibition is an exploration of daily life in Ptolemaic Egypt (323 - 30 BC). It will incorporate more than 200 artifacts that illustrate significant aspects of domestic life, economy, religion, politics, preparations for the afterlife and the relations between Ptolemaic Egypt and its neighbors in Africa, Asia and Europe. |
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| Chicago |
Oct 20, 2001 -March 3, 2002 |
The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-2496
tel.: +1 312 922 9410
"Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth"
"Selected from the world's great Egyptian and classical art collections, the masterpieces in this exhibition reveal the life and liaisons of Egypt's last, most charismatic queen... Also discover how Cleopatra's story has endured - through countless poems, books, songs, paintings, movies, jewelry and other works - thousands of years after her tragic death." - Travelling exhibition now in Rome |
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| West Palm Beach |
Aug 10 - Nov 3, 2002 |
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA,
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park, San Francisco, 94118
tel.: +1 415 750 3600
"Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum"
Travelling exhibition of the British Museum. Details at US |
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| Houston |
Jan 1, 2000 -Dec 31, 2001 |
The Houston Museum of Natural Science
One Hermann Circle Drive, Houston, TX 77030
tel.: +1 713 639 4629; museum website
"Searching for Eternity: Life and Death in Ancient Egypt"
"Spanning 4,000 years of Egyptian history, Searching for Eternity provides fascinating insight into this compelling culture. The exhibition features hundreds of ancient artifacts, as well as informative photographs of monuments and tomb paintings." |
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| Ann Arbor |
Oct 13, 200 - Fall, 2001 |
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan
434 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
tel: +1 734 764 9304, fax: +1 734 763 8976
"Gender in the Ancient World"
This mini-exhibition focusses on how research on gender can illuminate
the past. |
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| Ann Arbor |
Sept 28, 2001 |
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan
434 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
tel: +1 734 764 9304, fax: +1 734 763 8976 "The Fabric of Everyday Life: Historic Textiles from Karanis, Egypt |
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| Ann Arbor |
Fall, 2002 |
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan
434 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
tel: +1 734 764 9304, fax: +1 734 763 8976 "Society, Economy, and the Individual in Ancient Egypt" |
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| Atlanta |
April 21, 2001 -Jan 6, 2002 |
Michael C. Carlos Museum
571 Kilgo Street, Atlanta, GA 30322-1950
tel: +1 404 727 4282 "The Collector's Eye: Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from the Thalassic Collection"
Comprised of more than 175 objects, the collection ranges from monumental statues of pharaohs and their queens to exquisitely crafted amulets and jewels. Funerary and cult objects, cosmetic equipment, architectural elements, royal and private sculpture dating from the Predynastic period to the time of Cleopatra, will make up this unequalled exhibition in its first public exhibition. |
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| Salem |
2002 |
Willamette University Hallie Ford Museum of Art 700 State Street, Salem, Oregon 97301 tel: +1 503 370 6855, fax: +1 503 370 5458
Cleopatra's Egypt" |
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| Laramie |
April 7-Sept 1, 2001 |
The University of Wyoming - Art Museum
2111 Willett Drive, Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3807
tel.: +1 307 766 6622
"The Legacy of Lord Carnarvon: Miniatures from Ancient Egypt and the Valley of the Kings"
"This exhibition reshapes the facts around Lord Carnarvon and assesses his place in the history of Egyptology." |
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| Knoxville |
June 1-August 18, 2002 |
The Frank H. McClung Museum
1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-3200
tel: +1 423 974 2144, fax: +1 423 974 3827 "Pharaoh's Harvest: Plants from Ancient and Modern Egypt" |
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| Knoxville |
Sep. - Nov., 2003 |
The Frank H. McClung Museum
1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-3200
tel: +1 423 974 2144, fax: +1 423 974 3827 "Tutankhamun's Wardrobe"
This traveling exhibition will explore: the discovery of the tomb of
Tutankhamun and the recording of the textiles; clothing and textiles
during the Amarna period; and color and symbolism on royal clothing. |
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| Memphis |
June 28 -Oct 21, 2001 |
Wonders: The Memphis International Cultural Series
The Pyramid, Memphis, TN
"Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum" Travelling exhibition of the British Museum. |
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| Berkeley |
April 13, 2000 -June 30, 2001 |
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology
University of California
103 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3712
tel.: +1 510 642 3681, +1 510 642 3682
"Sites Along the Nile: Rescuing Ancient Egypt" An exhibition of nearly six hundred objects representing the cultural development of ancient Egypt for over 5,000 years
(from 5000 BC to the 7th century AD), these artifacts were rescued by archaeological excavations from looting and flooding of ancient temples and burial sites, making this collection a world-class resource for Egyptologists. |
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| Brooklyn |
Nov 23, 2001 - Feb 24, 2002 |
The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
tel.: +1 718 638 5000 "Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum" Travelling exhibition of the British Museum. |
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| Washington |
Long Term |
Smithsonian - National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue, Washington, D.C.
tel.: +1 202 357 4600 (general information), fax: +1 202 357 4879 "The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500-1500 B.C." This exhibition of 40 objects celebrates Kerma, the capital of the
kingdom known to the ancient Egyptians as Kush. |
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| Memphis |
July 28 - Oct 4, 2001 |
The Art Museum of The University of Memphis "The Gods of Ancient Memphis" "The exhibition includes 118 ancient works of art from the IEAA's
permanent collection of Egyptian art, recent gifts from distinguished
American private and public collections, and pieces on loan from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's collection. Many of these objects have never before been displayed to the public and a number of them are derived from excavations at the site of ancient Memphis." |
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| Newark |
Sept 21, 2001 - Unknown |
The Newark Museum
49 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07101-0540
tel.: +1 973 596 6550 "Glass in the Ancient Mediterranean: The Eugene Schaefer Collection
of Ancient Glass" Objects from this acclaimed collection, part of the Museum's
classical holdings, trace the use of glass from its beginnings as a rare and magical medium in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, through the colorful perfume containers of ancient Greece to its mass production under the Romans. |
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| Traverse City |
April 7 - Sept 19, 2001 |
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
1701 East Front Street, Traverse City, Michigan USA 49686
tel.: +1 231 922 1055, fax: +1 231 922 1597 "Exploring Ancient Egypt" Drawn from the collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, the exhibition features over 100 objects spanning 4,000 years of history in ancient Egypt from pre-dynastic times to the Roman
period. |
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| Minneapolis |
Dec 22, 2002 - March 16, 2003 |
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
tel.: +1 612 870 3200 "Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum" Travelling exhibition |
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| United Kingdom |
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| London |
April 12 -Aug 26, 2001 |
The British Museum
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
tel.: 020-7323 8299, e-mail:
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"Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth"
With colossal sculptures, bronzes, ceramics, coins, gems and even caricatures, the exhibition traces Cleopatra's life and liaisons with the two great Roman leaders of the day, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. - The myth of Cleopatra is followed down to the present day, the tragic tale commemorated in paintings, ceramics, jewellery, plays, opera and cinema. This exhibition will be shown before in Rome, Italy. |
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| London |
Nov 9, 2001 -March 17, 2002 |
The British Museum
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
tel.: 020-7323 8299, e-mail:
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"Agatha Christie and the Orient" How the Near East and archaeology influenced the works of Agatha Christie. The meeting of egyptologists and a voyage to Egypt inspired her to write a play "Akhnaton" and a crime thriller playing in the second millenium BC. Several stories were based on the similarity of the works of archaeologists and detectives. |
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| Edinburgh |
March 31 -July 1, 2001 |
Royal Museum
Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, Scotland
tel: +44 131 225 7534, fax: +44 131 200 4819
e-mail:
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"Tutankhamun's Wardrobe"
date: March 31 - July 1, 2001
This travelling exhibition of textiles, photography, drawing and clothing will demonstrate the importance of clothing during this fascinating period. It was shown before in Boras, Sweden (October 8, 1999 - February 27, 2000), Lodz, Poland (March 9 - April 22, 2000) and Leiden, The Netherlands (July 1 - August 27, 2000). |
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| Stevanage |
May 19 - Dec 8, 2001 |
Stevenage Museum
St Georges Way, Stevanage SG1 1XX.
tel. 01438 218881.
open from 10am to 5 pm Mon-Sat. "Life and Death in Ancient Egypt" A small but interesting exhibition that includes some items from the British
Museum, including a sarcophagus.
There will be a series of lunch time talks starting on Thurs 24th May with the same title as the exhibition 12.30-1.30 pm and "Egyptian Hieroglyphs 2.00-3.00 pm. |
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| Glasgow |
March 16 -Sept 30, 2001 |
The Burrell Collection
2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 1AT
tel.: + 44 141 287 2550, fax +44 141 287 0515
"Ancient Egypt: Digging for Dreams"
The exhibition invites you to delve into the past and uncover a new Egyptian identity. More than 100 extraordinary ancient Egyptian objects from the little known collection of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology will be presented in a way never seen before. The exhibition was earlier in Croydon (Oct 7, 2000 - Jan 28, 2001). |
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| Germany |
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| Berlin |
Jan 14 -July 1, 2001 |
Aegyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
Schlossstr. 70, D-14059 Berlin
tel: +49 30 20 90 55 55 "Preussen am Nil 1842 - 1845" [Prussia at the Nile 1842 - 1845]
Exhibition about the expedition of Richard Lepsius and his team to Egypt and Sudan. |
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| Oettingen |
May 18 - Oct 29, 2001 |
Residenzschloss Oettingen
Schlossstrasse 1, D-86732 Oettingen
tel.: +49 9082 3910 or 70975 "Aegypten zur Roemerzeit" [Egypt in the Roman Period] Exhibition based on Numismatic sources. |
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| Weissenfels |
April 22 -August 12, 2001 |
Museum Schloss Neu-Augustusburg
Zeitzer Str. 4, D-06667 Weissenfels
tel.: +49 3443 302552
"Von Aegypten nach Preussen. Geschichte, Entdeckung und
Faszination der Pyramiden" [From Egypt to Prussia. History,
discovery, and fascination of the pyramids] |
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| Berlin |
May 15 -Sept 30, 2001 |
Vorderasiatisches Museum
(in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ruhrlandmuseum Essen)
Am Kupfergraben, D-10117 Berlin
tel. +49 30 20 90 50
"Agatha Christie und der Orient"
The travelling exhibition earlier in Essen (Oct 19, 1999 - Mar 5, 2000), now in Vienna (April 13 - September 17, 2000) and later on display in Basel (October 29, 2000 - April 3, 2001) - Switzerland. |
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| Muenchen |
March 30 - June 29, 2001 |
Museum fuer Abguesse klassischer Bildwerke Muenchen
Meiserstraße 10, D-80333 Muenchen
tel.: +49 89 289 27690, fax: +49 89 289 27694 "Der Barberinische Osiris - Geschichte einer Goetterfigur"
[The Barberian Osiris - history of a god's figure] A small exhibition showing an Egyptian statue before and after
restoration work. Formerly owned by the prince Barberini and now in
Munich, it was attributed to Osiris, but it is a Horus figure which is
from the time of Amenophis III (ca 1370 BC). |
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| Seefeld |
April 8 - Nov 25, 2001 |
Staatliches Museum Schloss Seefeld
D-82229 Seefeld i. Obb.
tel.: +49 8152 70652 or 79394 "Nubien - Goldland der Pharaonen"
[Nubia - land of gold of the Pharaohs]
This exhibition shows 250 objects from 5000 BC to 1000 AD illustrating the history of the ancient cultures in Sudan. |
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| Seefeld |
April 8 - Nov 25, 2001 |
Staatliches Museum Schloss Seefeld
D-82229 Seefeld i. Obb.
tel.: +49 8152 70652 or 79394 "Gejagt and vergoettlicht - Das Tier im Alten Aegypten"
[Hunted and deified - the animal in AE] |
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| Italy |
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| Attimis |
May -Aug, 2001 |
Museo Archeologico Medievale
Via Principale, 99, I-33040 Attimis
tel.: +39 432 789700, e-mail
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"D'all antico Egitto al Medioevo - Itinerari formali e Civilta artistiche a confronto" |
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| Torino |
Oct 24, 2000 -June 16, 2001 |
Museo di antropologia
via Accademia Albertina, 17, I-10123 Torino
tel.: +39 11 562 1284, fax: +39 11 562 0916, e-mail:
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"Aegyptica Animalia" Exhibition about the animal cults in AE. |
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| Cagliari |
June 6, 2000 -June, 2001 |
Civico Museo Archeologico "Villa Abbas"
Piazza Liberta, Sardara, Cagliari
tel.: +39 70 9386183, e-mail:
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"Viaggio nell'immortalita con l'Antico Egitto" |
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| France |
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| Chalon sur Saone |
May 4 -Sept 3, 2001 |
Musee Denon
Place de l'Hotel de Ville, F-71100 Chalon sur Saone
"Le voyage en Egypte: des regards appliques, Vivant Denon et les photographes du 19e siecle" |
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| Switzerland |
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| Geneva |
April 5 - Aug 26, 2001 |
Musee d'art et d'histoire [Art and History Museum]
2 rue Charles Galland, CH-1206 Geneva
tel.: +41 22 418 26 00, fax: +41 22 418 26 01
"Sortir au jour. Art egyptien de la Fondation Martin Bodmer -
Bibliotheca Bodmeriana" [Collection of Egyptian antiquities from the
Fondation Martin Bodmer]
"The Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (Cologny) possesses a small collection of Pharaonic works that include, among other things, some elegant statuettes and rare bas-reliefs relating to all the important epochs
of Egyptian history. There are also twelve papyri from richly
illustrated funeral tracts dating back to the first millennium BC." |
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| Geneva |
Aug 30, 2001 - Jan 25, 2002 |
Musee d'art et d'histoire [Art and History Museum]
2 rue Charles Galland, CH-1206 Geneva
tel.: +41 22 418 26 00, fax: +41 22 418 26 01 "Reflets du Divin" [Reflections of the Divine] "Exhibition showing how spirituality was reflected in the art of three
great civilizations of the Ancient World, those of Egypt, Greece and Rome." |
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| Bern |
Mid Sept, 2001 |
Bernisches Historisches Museum
Helvetiaplatz 5, CH-3005 Bern
tel.: +41 31 350 77 11, fax: +41 31 350 77 99
Opening of the permanent exhibition of Egyptian Antiquities |
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| Poland |
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| Poznan |
Unknown Duration |
a) Muzeum Archeologiczne w Poznaniu [Poznan Archaeological Museum]
Poznan Archaeological Museum
ul. Wodna 27, 61-781 Poznan
tel/fax: +48 852 82 51, email:
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"Gods, Graves and Mummies: way to eternity in Ancient Egypt" |
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| Japan |
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| Nagoya |
April 17, 1999 -March, 2004 |
Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts
101, 1-chome Kanayama-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya
Kanayama Minami Bldg., 3, 4, and 5 Floor
tel.: +81 52 684 0786, fax: +81 52 684 0781
"Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean world"
The First Long-term Exhibition: Legacy of the Mediterranean culture and history. The exhibition will present representative works of art from the collections of Egypt, Greece, and Rome of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The exhibition will explore the development of each culture, including the Egyptian culture, as
well as the cultural interconnections in the five-thousand-year history of the ancient Mediterranean world through 223 objects. |
Japanese info English info |
| Hokkaido |
April 21 -July 1, 2001 |
Hokkaido Kindai Bijutsukan [Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art]
Kita1, Nishi17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0001
tel.: +81 1 644 6881
"Egyptian Civilization Exhibition" Travelling exhibition soon in Osaka |
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| Sweden |
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| Uppsala |
Oct, 2001 - Sept, 2002 |
Museum Gustavianum, The Victoria Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
Akademigatan 3, S-753 10 Uppsala
tel: +46 18 471 7571, fax: +46 18 471 7572
e-mail:
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museum's website
"Mumiernas arv [The Legacy of the Mummies]"
The results of the pilot project "Research on Ancient Egyptian Human Remains in Sweden (The Uppsala Mummy Survey)" will form the basis of an exhibition. |
Swedish info English info |
| Austria |
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| Leoben |
March 31 -Nov 4, 2001 |
Kunsthalle Leoben
Kirchgasse 6, A-8700 Leoben
tel.: +46 3842 317
"Aegypten - im Reich der Pharaonen" 200 exhibits from the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim, Germany. |
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| Israel |
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| Jerusalem |
Jan 1, 2000 -Summer, 2002 |
The Israel Museum
POB 71117, Jerusalem 91710,
tel: 972-2-6708811, fax: 972-2-5631833
"Sacred Animals of Ancient Egypt" A mummified cat, falcon, mongoose, and ibis, reflecting the cults of sacred animals in ancient Egypt. |
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| Jerusalem |
Feb, 2001- |
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
Museum Row, 25 Granot Street P.O. Box 4670, Jerusalem 91046
tel.: 972 2 56 110 66, fax: 972 2 56 38 228
"The World of Egyptian Gods Revealed"
New display devoted to the gods of ancient Egypt. |
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| Brazil |
| Pacaembu Sao Paulo |
May 2, - July 22, 2001 |
Museu de Arte Brasileira da Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado
Rua Alagoas 903 CEP 01242-902 Pacaembu Sao Paulo SP
tel.: +55 11 3662 1662 "A arte no Egito no tempo dos faraos" [Art in Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs] 56 artifacts from the Louvre, and a reconstitution of Sennedjem's tomb. |
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