Egyptian Exhibition Round up All Over the World

United States

"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.

"The Fabric of Everyday Life: Historic Textiles from Karanis, Egypt

"Society, Economy, and the Individual in Ancient Egypt"

"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.

"Pharaoh's Harvest: Plants from Ancient and Modern Egypt"

"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.

Second station of a traveling exhibition with 144 pieces, ranging from hand-sized glass and
ivory statues to the immense stone figures of lions and kings that weigh several tons.

"Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum"

Travelling exhibition of the British Museum.

"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.

"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." 

"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.

"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.

"Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum"

Travelling exhibition

United Kingdom

"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.

"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.

"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.

"Egypt Revealed"

An exhibition exploring one of our most popular collections, with
talks and handling sessions.

"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. Theexhibition was earlier in  Croydon (Oct 7, 2000 - Jan 28, 2001).

Germany

Aegypten in Hildesheim [Egypt in Hildesheim]

New display of the exhibition "Giza - Hermopolis - Ramsesstadt" [see EEF News 42, March 25, 1999] On the history of the museum and its participation in some digging campaigns: the collection of Pelizaeus - the Giza campaign (1903-29) - Hermopolis (1929-39) - Quantir/Piramesse (since 1980).

"Aegypten zur Roemerzeit" [Egypt in the Roman Period]

Exhibition based on Numismatic sources.

"Entdeckung und Mythos. Die Grabkammer des Tutanchamun"
[Discovery and myth. The burial chamber of Tutankhamun]

The travelling exhibition shows how an Egyptian pharaoh became a phenomenon of contemporary  cultural history. The story of the tomb's discovery is told as well as the "tutmania" of the 70s and 80s. A replica of the burial chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun is also presented.

"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.

"Gejagt and vergoettlicht - Das Tier im Alten Aegypten"
[Hunted and deified - the animal in AE]

Italy

France

"Au(x) Fil(s) du Nil"
[Seems a triple wordplay: "Dedicated to the Sons (fils) of the Nile" 
(i.e. dedicated to the Copts) cq "With the stream (fil) of the Nile" 
(i.e. material from along the Nile) cq "In the threads (fils) from 
the Nile" (i.e. concerning the weavings from the Nile Valley)]

This exhibition will display about 170 objects of the history of Coptic art from the 2nd to the 14 century AD. The art of weaving will be the central thread of the exhibition. In addition, other documents will highlight the daily life during this era.

"D'Ulysse a Cleopatre. Les grecs en Egypte, les egyptiens en Grece"
[From Ulysses to Cleopatra. The Greeks in Egypt, the Egyptians in Greece]

The exhibition will show how the exchange of ideas, knowledge, goods as well as religious and artistic influences between Egypt and Greece developed since the 13th century BC.

Switzerland

"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."

Poland

Japan

English info

Travelling exhibition soon in Osaka

"Beauty of Ancient Egypt"

The 167 exhibits from the collection of the Roemer Pelizaeus Museum
(Hildesheim, Germany) are united by the theme of beauty in Ancient Egypt. The exhibition offers a great chance to learn about traditional ways of portraying beauty, ancient beauty care articles, art of decoration and many others. Among the exhibits there are jewelery pieces, statues, engravings, everyday life utilities and tools, etc.

Sweden

English info

Austria

Leoben

200 exhibits from the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim, Germany.

"Mythos Bier" [Myth beer]

Exhibition about the art of beer brewing in AE

Israel

A mummified cat, falcon, mongoose, and ibis, reflecting the cults of sacred animals in ancient Egypt.

Brazil

"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.