Discovering Ancient Egypt

Discovering Ancient Egypt 
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden

Discovering Ancient Egypt is terug in Nederland! Deze reizende tentoonstelling was vanaf 2020 in twaalf steden in Japan, Zuid-Korea en Australië te zien en werd bezocht door meer dan anderhalf miljoen bezoekers. Na vijf jaar keerde de expositie terug naar Nederland.

Discovering Ancient Egypt has returned to the Netherlands! Previously shown in twelve cities in Japan, South Korea and Australia, this touring exhibition has attracted more than 1.5 million visitors since 2020. Five years on, the exhibition is returning to the Netherlands.

 

  

Detail of the Burial Cover of Panesy , Thebe (ca. 950-750 BC)

 

 

 

Statue of Pagerger, master sculptor (1300-1200 BC)

 

 

 

Burial Statue of Ptahmose (ca. 1300-1250 BC)
mayor of the city of Memphis

 

 

 

Burial Statue of Hormin (ca. 1300-1250 BC)
serving the royal palace in Memphis

  

 

 

Book of the dead (ca. 300-30 BC)

   

 

 

Stele of Benermerut (ca. 1480-1425 BC)

  

 

  

Wooden Statue of Chaemter (ca. 1275-1200 BC)
with goat statue of the god Ramon

 

 

 

Detail of a Stele (ca. 1550 BC)

 

 

 

 

Burial statue (ca. 1550 BC)

 

 

ca. 1550 BC 

 

 

 

 

Detail of a Mummy Holder of a Cat (ca. 700-350 BC)