THE LATEST ISSUE OF 'EEF NEWS'

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February 13, 2025 (III Shemu 3)
Contents: (I) New: Lectures and symposiums (II) New: Exhibitions (III) Personals: personal and offtopic calls (IV) Read on the Web: online press reports in electronic newspapers etc. (V) Books and Journals Corner: book announcements, book reviews, journal issues appearing, digitised literature, etc. (VIA) Jobs and Grants: announcements of job openings and fellowships. (VIB) Courses and Trips: classroom & online courses, field schools, and non-commercial tours. (VII) (Multi)media: AE on TV, in Film, in Music, on CD-Rom or DVD (VIII) Websites: announcing, listing or updates of whole (mainstream) websites (IX) Lectures and symposiums on Ancient Egypt Virtual Lectures and Conferences (mostly via Zoom) (all countries) Non-virtual events (per country): USA, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Vatican City, Egypt, Italy, France, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Poland, Hungary, China, Czech Republic, Romania, Japan, Portugal (X) Exhibitions on Ancient Egypt USA, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Egypt, Italy, France, Vatican City, Belgium, Spain, Australia, Monaco, Switzerland, Sweden, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Japan, Portugal, Brazil, Russia, Israel, South Korea, China, India, New Zealand, Greece, Mexico Notes: * Sections IX to XII contain the bulk of still current info from earlier issues (these sections are absent from the email version of the newsletter), while sections I to VIII contain new or adjusted information. * Of items marked with #, you can request from me the often longer announcement on which my summary was based. * Items marked with & are topics from earlier issues that linger on a bit (for irregular visitors of this site) or that were already on the EEF forum itself. * It is always wise to contact the organizers of lectures e.d. for confirmation, in case of (last minute) changes. Also note that registration for conferences/symposiums often is months in advance. Students will need an I.D. to get any discounts offered. * The double date in the header above is based on an accurate extrapolation from antiquity of the Ancient Egyptian (AE) Civil Calendar (365 days, wandering through the seasons, not determined by Sothis). * Time zones for watching virtal lectures (abbreviations and conversions): URL * Please send any contributions and additions to: A.K. Eyma * Thanks for this week's events information go to: Aneta Skalec [(I) - VL (f)]; Barbara Szymanska [(I) - VL (h)]; Nicole Brisson [(I) - VL (k)]; Alessandro Piccolo [(I) - VL (r)]; JJ Shirley [(I) - VL (t)]; Michael Oakey [(I) - UK (e)]; Michael Tilgner [(II) - Italy (e), France (f)] ================================================================== +++ (I) NEW: LECTURES AND SYMPOSIUMS --VIRTUAL LECTURES-- f) Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IMOC PAS) * Online lecture (MS Teams): "A preliminary report on the demotic Gebelein temple archive," by Prof. Dr. Joachim Friedrich Quack (University of Heidelberg) date: 18 February 2025; 1 pm CET place: a hybrid event -- online (MS Teams) or in-person at Majewski Room, Polish Academy of Sciences, 72 Nowy Swiat Street, Warsaw info: abstract at URL info: to get a link please drop an email to email g) International Society for the Study of Egyptomania * Online lecture (Zoom): "Beyond space and time: Ancient Egypt in contemporary science fiction," by Dr. Abraham I. Fernández Pichel date: 18 February 2025; 20:00 CET costs: members free, non-members GBP 5 info: abstract and booking at URL h) PCMA, University of Warsaw * Online lecture (Zoom): "Pots and temples: Meroitic ceramics as cultic equipment and other pottery appearing in non-funerary ritual contexts at Wad Ben Naga"," by Jirí Honzl (Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures) date: 27th February 2024; 2 pm CET info: abstract at URL info: to receive the Zoom-link, please write to email i) Egyptology Scotland * Online lecture (Zoom): "The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt," by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones date: 15th February 2025; 14:00 GMT costs: £5/£7 + booking fee info: abstract and registration at URL info: email k) SSEA/SEEA - Chapitre de Montréal * Online lecture (Zoom): "La Terre et le Fleuve. Quand l’Égypte est plus qu’un don du Nil !", Dr. François Ghiringhelli date: 22 February 2025; 13:00 EST info: abstract at URL info: Zoom-link at URL r) Dipartimento SARAS, Sapienza Università di Roma * Online lecture (Zoom): "Ancient economies (10): Labour and Other Forms of Dependence", with Prof. Antonella Stirati and Prof. Annunziata Rositani date: February 27th, 2025; 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at Room A of Ex Vetrerie Sciarra, Via dei Volsci, 122, 00185, Roma info: Zoom-link at URL t) ARCE - Pennsylvania Chapter * Online lecture (Zoom): "Kushite Royal Priestesses in the House of the God," by Debora Heard date: February 22, 2025; 3:30 pm EST costs: registration required info: abstract at URL info: registration at URL --UK-- e) Sussex Egyptology Society * Study Day: "Cutting Edge — Design and Technology in Tutankhamun's Burial Equipment", by Christian Eckmann and Katja Broschat date: 12 July 2025, 10.00 am BST (for a 10.30 am start) - 4.30 pm BST place: Davison School, Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX costs: members £35, non-members £45 (pre-booking is essential) info: URL --- For previously listed lectures and conferences, see section IX below. +++ (II) NEW: EXHIBITIONS --EGYPT-- [update] a) Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Maydan El Tahrir, Cairo * "Perfumes of Ancient Egypt through the Ages" date: 7 December 2024 - 28 February 2025 [new] info: French press report at URL --ITALY-- [update] e) Biblioteca comunale G. Pontiggia di Erba via Joriati 6, 22036 Erba * "INCONTRI. L’antico Egitto da esplorare" [Encounters. Ancient Egypt to explore] date: 29 October 2024 - 15 June 2025 [new] info: Italian press report at URL "Sabato 15 febbraio, la Biblioteca di Erba ospiterà l'evento dedicato ai gatti nell'Antico Egitto, tra laboratori e conferenze." --FRANCE-- [update] f) L'Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) 1 Rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris 5 * "Le mystère Cléopâtre" [The Cleopatra mystery] date: 11 June 2025 - 11 January 2026 [new] info: English press report at URL This article is available in several languages. --SPAIN-- [update] f) Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente (CEART) Calle Leganés, 51, 28945 Fuenlabrada * "Tesoros de Egipto" [Treasures of Egypt] date: 14 February 2025 - 29 June 2025 [new] info: Spanish press report at URL --- For previously listed exhibitions, see section X below. ++ (III) PERSONALS AND SUNDRIES --OBITUARIES-- * Kenneth Anderson Kitchen (1932-2025) URL URL +++ (IV) READ ON THE WEB --NEWSPAPER REPORTS ONLINE-- * Press report: "An archaeological record that doubles as art" URL "When artist Joseph Lindon Smith arrived in Giza a century ago, it was on the heels of an exciting discovery: a tomb chapel for a high-ranking Egyptian official named Idu dating to 2390–2361 B.C.E. Color photography had not yet advanced enough to be of use to archaeologists in 1925, so the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition had enlisted Smith, a former portrait artist trained in Boston, to document finds inside the Tomb of Idu. Such brightly colored renderings of archaeological sites remain valuable to scholars today. In fact, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East recently acquired “The Royal Scribe, Idu” — one of the roughly five paintings Smith made over two months at work in the tomb — now on view in a second-floor exhibition. (..)" * Press report: "Zaginiony grobowiec egipskiego dostojnika. Polacy odtworzyli go cyfrowo!" URL Polish press report about the 3D reconstruction of the lost tomb of Ini, nomarch of Gebelein. With a video [2:34 mins.]. -- The original research article [in Open Access]: Wojciech Ejsmond, Jakub Stepnik, "Hypothetical 3D reconstruction of the tomb of the nomarch Ini from Gebelein", in: PAM, vol. 33 (2024) URL * Press report: "Alexander the Great’s Tomb: Archaeologist Reveals New Insights on Its Location" URL Featuring Dr. Christian de Vartavan, author of the book 'Locating the Tomb and Body of Alexander the Great'. [Next three items submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Press report: "Ancient Egyptian breadcrumb found in museum store" URL "A crumb of bread entombed thousands of years ago alongside an ancient Egyptian mummy has been discovered among a collection of previously uncatalogued items. The microscopic morsel was unearthed during a volunteer project at Leeds Discovery Centre and is being recorded in a national database so it can be viewed and accessed by experts and the public. (..)" -- German press report: URL * Press report: "Per la prima volta sappiamo di cosa era fatta la sostanza che sigillava le bare egizie" URL "Un team di archeologi dell'Università di Cambridge che lavora presso il Fitzwilliam Museum ha appena concluso una ricerca che ha permesso di stabilire quali erano gli ingredienti segreti delle varie sostanze collose con cui gli antichi egizi sigillavano i loro sarcofagi. (..)" -- The original research article [in Open Access]: Caterina Zaggia et al., "Technological and compositional variation in pink and white pastes from a coffin set of the late Third Intermediate Period (Thebes, ca. 680– 664 BCE)", in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 62 (April 2025) URL "Although architectural plaster use in ancient Egypt has received some attention, a gap remains in the analysis and precise characterisation of the materials applied to objects. Understanding their composition can shed light on technological changes, provide contextual insights and support provenance studies. A minimally invasive approach was applied to the two coffins of Pakepu (intermediate and inner), a funerary ensemble from Thebes dating back to about 680–664 BCE, and to a group of coffin fragments from the same area and period, employed as a comparison group. (...) Ground, unheated calcite was detected in all the pastes, but differences in micromorphology and the distribution of minor elements (particularly Mg and Fe) in the Pakepu inner and intermediate coffin, and in the fragments, point to the involvement of different workshops, geological sources and manufacturing protocols in the production of these materials." (from the abstract) * Press report: "Quel est le sombre passé de ces routes d'un ancien commerce, dans le désert du Néguev ?" URL "Des fouilles dans les hautes terres du Néguev, en Israël, révèlent des indices sur les routes commerciales antiques reliant l’Arabie, la Phénicie, l’Égypte et même l’Europe du Sud. Cette découverte, réalisée par l’Autorité des Antiquités d’Israël (IAA), intrigue les chercheurs par son emplacement isolé et les vestiges qu’elle recèle. Plus qu’un simple cimetière, ce site pourrait témoigner des échanges commerciaux florissants de l’Antiquité, mais aussi d’un aspect plus sombre : la traite des êtres humains. (..) Un autre élément clé intrigue particulièrement les chercheurs. Il s’agit d’une amulette représentant le dieu égyptien Bes (..)." With photo of the Bes-amulet. -- Another French press report: URL -- English press reports: URL URL With photo of Egyptian-style scarabs. With a video [2:17 mins.] * Some items relating to Egyptomania [submitted by Michael Tilgner (1)(2)(3)]: -- Press report: "Depuis 40 ans, cet habitant de Seine-et-Marne collectionne des reproductions égyptiennes et va les exposer" URL "À Villeroy, Christophe Petit collectionne des reproductions d'œuvres de l'Égypte antique. Il les exposera au printemps, et a de nombreux projets pour partager sa passion. (..)" -- Press report: "Quatre ans de travail et des heures de peinture : ce passionné reconstitue une réplique du tombeau de Nefertari, l'épouse de Ramses II" URL "Peintre à la retraite, Michel Perpigna promet aux visiteurs de sa maison dans les Landes un voyage en Egypte ancienne, pour se rendre la rencontre de Néfertari. Ce passionné a reconstitué à l'identique le tombeau de l'épouse de Ramsès II. (..)" Includes a video report [2:17 mins.]. -- Press report: "La gastronomie égyptienne s’invite au musée des civilisations" URL "« Revivifier le passé et documenter le présent pour le futur ». Tel est le slogan de la troisième édition de l’initiative « Tabliyet Masr » (la table d’Egypte), organisée au Musée national des civilisations égyptiennes (NMEC) de Fostat, dans le Vieux Caire. Lancée le 14 janvier par une conférence dédiée à la documentation des plats traditionnels égyptiens, cette initiative se poursuit avec divers ateliers jusqu’au 25 février. (...) « Une grande partie de ces plats est héritée de nos grands-parents et remonte parfois à l’Egypte Ancienne », raconte-t-elle. (..)" --MISCELLANEOUS-- * New entry at the blog of the MUAFS Project (Munich University Attab to Ferka Survey Project, Sudan): -- "Embedded in Clay – Reflections and Impressions after the P.I.P.E conference Identity and Performance in Figurines and Ceramic Objects from Ancient Societies" (10 Feb) URL +++ (V) BOOK CORNER --NEW (PAPER) BOOK RELEASES-- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Wolfgang Waitkus, Zur Bedeutung des Vogellaufes. Nebst einer Deutung des Vasen- und Ruderlaufes. (Aegyptiaca Hamburgensia, Band 5). PeWe-Verlag, Gladbeck, 2024 Hb, 170 pp. ISBN 978-3-935012-69-0. EUR 57.00. TOC at URL "The king’s actions depicted in Egyptian temples include a group of ritual scenes that are summarized in Egyptological literature under the term 'sacrificial run' or 'cult run', as the king as ritualist adopts a running posture in these scenes. This also includes the so-called 'bird run', in which the running king holds a bird and one or more sceptre sticks. The depiction of this action first appeared in the temples of the 18th Dynasty and was handed down in temple decorations until Roman times. This study examines the symbolism of this action, including the question of the symbolic meaning of the running posture, which has not yet been satisfactorily answered. The solution found to this problem leads to the interpretation of two other cult races, namely the vase race and the oar race." --DIGITIZED BOOKS & ONLINE THESES-- * TBA --NEW ISSUES OF (PAPER) JOURNALS & MAGAZINES-- * TBA --DIGITIZED JOURNAL ARTICLES & ONLINE PAPERS-- * Chantal Milani, Wojciech Ejsmond, Marzena Ozarek-Szilke, Stanislaw Szilke, "Comparing two different sets of soft tissue depths in the facial reconstruction of the mummy of the so-called Mysterious Lady", in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Article In Press, online 11 Feburay 2025 in Open Access. URL "(..) The case study of this research is an Egyptian mummy dubbed “Mysterious Lady” (National Museum in Warsaw no. 236805/3 MNW) using non-invasive radiological and physical anthropology methods to shed light on her story. The study highlights the 3D reconstruction process of the individual’s face by exploring the anthropological profile, the facial approximation methodology and the impact of the variability of soft tissue thickness selection on the resulting facial reconstruction. It discusses the application of written sources and imagery from her times to craft a “statistical likeness” useful in conveying information about her society, using them as powerful educational tools to promote knowledge about past societies. It underlines the importance of narrating stories of the characters from the past in a museum context while ensuring they remain understandable and, consequently, evoke empathy, to show ancient mummies as once-living individuals." [Submitted by Juan Jose Castillos] * Juan Jose Castillos, "Afrocentrism and Egyptology" URL "For a long time groups of people called afrocentrists have been insisting that the ancient Egyptians were a homogeneous Black population, in direct contradiction with the historical and archaeological evidence that shows that population as being of a very mixed nature, already from the most ancient times, in which Sudanese, North Africans and even Asiatics immigrated for a number of reasons into the Nile Valley. The credibility of afrocentric claims is here discussed as well as the consequences of such unscientific whimsical concepts that limit the academic advancement of those having that frame of mind." * New additions to the Propylaeum-DOK repository: -- Engel, Eva-Maria (2022) Early dynastic women: the written evidence. In: Ayad, Mariam F. (Hrsg.): Women in Ancient Egypt. Revisiting power, agency, and autonomy. Kairo/New York 2022, pp. 27-38 URL -- Polz, Daniel (1997) Aufgaben der Archäologie. Neuere Grabungen. In: Seidel, Matthias ; Schulz, Regine (Hrsgg.): Ägypten. Die Welt der Pharaonen. Köln 1997, pp. 498-507 URL -- Michalowski, Kazimierz (1979) Conclusion. In: Reineke, Walter F. (Hrsg.): Acts First International Congress of Egyptology, Cairo, 2-10 October 1976. Berlin 1979, pp. 49-50 (Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients ; 14) URL -- Polz, Daniel (1992) Bericht über die erste Grabungskampagne in der Nekropole von Dra' Abu el-Naga/Theben-West. In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo, 48 (1992), pp. 109-130 URL -- Polz, Daniel ; Rummel, Ute ; Eichner, Ina ; Beckh, Thomas (2012) Topographical archaeology in Dra’ Abu el-Naga. Threethousand years of cultural history. In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo, 68 (2012), pp. 115-134 URL --MISCELLANEOUS-- * TBA +++ (VIA) JOBS AND GRANTS ---JOB OPENINGS--- [# = You may request from the editor the often longer announcement of an individual job opening on which the below summaries were based.] [New announcements are placed on top of the list, without (&).] * The ORIGINS Project invites application for a Postdoctoral Position in the Archeology of Bronze Age Egypt Application deadline: May 2, 2025 URL URL * (&) The British Museum has a vacancy for a Project curator: Animal Mummies Exhibition Fixed term: 18 months Application deadline: 16 February 2025 URL * (&) Durham University has an opening for an Assistant Professor in Egyptian Archaeology Application deadline: 6th April 2025. URL URL * (&) The British Museum has an opening for a Project Curator: Nile Valley Bioarchaeology Collection MSc (or equivalent) in Human osteology, biological anthropology or bioarchaeology required. Application deadline: 7 February 2025. URL * (&) The University of Oxford announces a post-doctoral research fellowship in Near-Eastern Archaeology: The Gerald Averay Wainwright Fellow The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece of publishable research in the non-classical archaeology (not literary or philological studies) of a country in the ANE region, with priority being given to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey. This is a full-time, fixed-term position (at any UK University) for 3 years from 1 September 2025. Application deadline: 19th February 2025. URL * (&) The University of Alcalá – through the Department of Ancient History and its Middle Kingdom Theban Project – is looking for a Research Assistant with training in territorial and landscape archaeology, an interest in the documentation and analysis of the archaeological record and the management of databases and datasets in archaeology. The duration of the contract will be 2 years, starting May 1, 2025. Application deadline: 21 March 2025 URL * (&) The Fachbereich Ägyptische Philologie at the Universität Wien is looking for a Senior Lecturer (wissenschaftliche Lehre) starting 01 September 2025, till 31 August 2029. Requirements: "Abgeschlossenes Doktorat der Ägyptologie mit nachgewiesener Expertise im Bereich der ägyptischen Philologie" (..) Application deadline: 21 February 2025. URL * (&) The Griffith Institute, Oxford, is looking for a Assistant to the OEB (Online Egyptological Bibliography) (part-time) Fixed-term for two years. A degree in Egyptology is required. Application deadline: 13 January 2025. * (&) The Institut français d'archéologie orientale (Ifao) and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA) invite applications for a 24-months PCMA-Ifao Post-doctoral fellowship in Cairo starting 1st May 2025 until 30th April 2027. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will organize an international two-day conference on a subject in relation with Ancient and Medieval Northeastern Africa (Egypt and/or Nubia). The conference will take place in Cairo in fall 2025. Following the conference, the Post-Doctoral Fellow will be in charge of the edition of the proceedings. Application deadline: 31st January 2025. URL URL * (&) Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only) The Project "Digital Conservation of Endangered World Heritage: Virtual Reconstruction of the Urban Landscape of the Ancient City of Thmouis, Egypt" at Nottingham Trent University is looking for a PhD student to conduct a virtual Reconstruction of the cityscape of the ancient city of Thmouis, Egypt. This is an intensive GIS, Space Archaeology, Satellite, and Drone study with the use of 3D modelling, and a VR platform. It is a funded PhD position, but only available for those with a UK residency. The closing date for applications is 14 February 2025. URL * (&) The Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (CAMS) at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant or Associate Professor in the field of Egyptology beginning January 2025 or August 2025. This is a non-tenure-track, one-year term appointment, with the possibility of reappointment for a second year. An expertise in Ancient Egyptian language is required. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. URL ---GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS--- [# = You may request from the editor the often longer announcement on which the below summaries were based.] * The Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft offers up to three travel grants for young academics in one of the fields of Oriental Studies oriented towards cultural studies. Application deadline: March 1, 2025 URL * (&) Kemet Klub Research Grants: For undergraduates and postgrad students of Egyptology. Applications for the next round of student grants are open until 1st March. Details of eligibility and how to apply can be found on our website at URL * (&) The Northern California Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt is offering a grant to a qualified University of California, Berkeley, student: the 2025 Marie Buttery Student Grant. Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2025. (#) * (&) The Kemet Klub Research Grant In memory of Martin Davies URL "To further our mission to advance the study and practice of Egyptology, the Kemet Klub offers grants of up to £500 for students currently enrolled in a BA, BSc, or a post-graduate degree in any country. These grants are specifically to aid students in their scholarly research, to develop professional practice, and to further the teaching and learning of Egyptology at all education levels." Grants will be awarded twice a year in summer and winter. Closing Dates for 2024 &2025 Grant Applications: 1st December 2024 for notification by the 1st February 2025. 1st March 2025 for notification by the 1st May 2025. 1st December 2025 for notification by the 1st February 2026. * (&) Every year, the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (German Oriental Society) offers up to three travel grants for young academics in one of the fields of Oriental Studies oriented towards cultural studies. Applicants must have a Master's degree or a comparable degree. (..) Applications must be submitted by March 1 of each year (..). Further information: URL * (&) ARCE's Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) awards grants for discrete and highly focused professional projects that serve the preservation, conservation, and documentation needs of Egyptian antiquities that are more than 100 years old. More can be found about it here: email The AEF grant has now opened and individuals are more than welcome to submit their proposals/projects. * (&) The Thomas Heagy Foundation is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for grants in the arts, music, and higher education. The procedures are the same as for Egyptology grants. For further information contact the Foundation at email * (&) Overview of NINO Funding Opportunities aimed at students/ researchers of the Ancient Near East incl. Egypt (Mobility Grants, Conference and Fieldwork Subsidies, etc). URL --AWARDS, PRIZES & CONTESTS-- * (&) The Board of the International Association for Coptic Studies is pleased to announce the IACS Awards for Academic Excellence 2026 One prize for the best M.A. thesis, and one prize for the best Ph.D. dissertation. Submissions must represent significant scholarly contributions to the field of Coptic Studies, broadly understood (..). Application deadline: 15 May 2026 URL * (&) ASTENE Postgraduate Research Competition The Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) invites proposals for the inaugural Postgraduate Research Competition. This competition is intended to reward the most promising and engaging research in the interdisciplinary and cross-period fields of Near Eastern studies and travel history. For full details, see the Call for Papers at URL * (&) The Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO) annually awards two prizes to the best BA and (res)MA thesis on the ancient Near East (incl. Egypt) at a Dutch university in the current academic year. A call for submissions is open from 1 June to 1 October each year. URL --VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES-- * (&) ARCE is Looking for Website Content Writers Graduate-level students, academics, and experts are invited to explore Egypt’s cultural heritage by writing articles to be published on the American Research in Egypt's website https://arce.org/ Writers will be required to carry out thorough research on the topic they will write about, receive and follow guidelines for the requirements of ARCE’s website content. For examples, please visit our Resources page URL. The estimated word count is 500-900 words maximum, and the article will need to be accompanied by a bibliography. In lieu of financial remuneration, writers will receive a certificate of completion and will be credited when the article is published on ARCE’s website, newsletter and social media pages. Info: email * (&) Save Ancient Studies Alliance (SASA) is looking for Spanish- and/or Arabic-speaking individuals who want to make a difference in Ancient Studies. (..) Since SASA’s 2024 Virtual Conference in Summer 2024 will be tri-lingual in modern English, Spanish, and Arabic, our goal for the coming year is to translate portions of our website and organize the conference. (..) Info on the volunteer opportunities (Assistant Coordinators for the Virtual Conference Team; Outreach Team volunteers and interns; Translators to work on translating our website): URL +++ (VIB) NEW: COURSES AND TRIPS --COURSES-- * EES Online Course: "Middle Egyptian Text Reading: Letters from Lahun" (via Zoom) tutor: Joseph Clayton date: 11, 18 & 25 March 2025; 18:00 (UK) / 20:00 (Egypt) costs: EES Member: £60, Non-Member: £120, EES Student: £30 info: registration at URL * (&) EES Online Course (via Zoom): "There’s heka in the air: magic in ancient Egypt" tutor: Dr. Kelly Accetta Crowe dates: 27 February and 6, 13, 20, 27 March 2025 18:00 (UK) / 20:00 (Egypt) costs: EES Member £60, Non-Member £120, EES Student £30 info: registration at URL * (&) Kemet Klub Online Courses All classes can be joined live, or students can watch via recordings. Dr Massimiliano Nuzzolo - Royal Annals of ancient Egypt (starts this Sunday!) Professor Peter Brand - The many wives and Children of Rameses II Dr Henning Franzmeier - The End of the New Kingdom Maiken Mosleth King - The Wisdom of Ptahhotep (hieroglyph reading class) All details can be found at URL * (&) Bloomsbury Summer School Courses: -- "A Taste of Demotic" tutor: Dr Luigi Prada (Uppsala University) date: 1-day; Sunday 19 January 2025 place: online costs: GBP 30 (after 10 January: GBP 35) info: URL -- "Demotic: A Beginners' Course" tutor: Dr Luigi Prada (Uppsala University) date: 4-day; Saturdays and Sundays, 25 – 26 January 2025 and 1 – 2 February 2025 place: online costs: GBP 220 (after 10 January: GBP 240) info: URL * (&) EES Online Course: "Beyond Intermediate Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs" (Zoom) tutor: Joseph Clayton dates: 21 & 28 January 2025; 4, 11 & 18 February 2025; 18:00 (UK) / 20:00 (Egypt) price: EES Member: £60, Non-Member: £120, EES Student: £30 Registration: URL * (&) Weeklong Bloomsbury Summer School Course in Luxor: "Hatshepsut and Senenmut: Innovation and Ideology" With daily lectures and exploration of relevant ancient sites, including 3 ‘special openings’ of sites usually closed to visitors. (A GEM visit add-on is available). Course Director: Dr Campbell Price (University of Manchester) Dates: Friday 28 February to Friday 7 March 2025 Place: On-site in Luxor and at our classroom in the Pavillon Winter Luxor Hotel Costs: £3,660 (Single Supplement: £370) Price does not include airfare Itinerary and booking details at: URL For queries: email * (&) Kemet Klub Online Courses: -- "King King Amenemhat: From beyond the grave!", Hieroglyphs reading class with Maiken Mosleth. 8 weeks, 12th Nov. 2024 - 21st Jan. 2025; £58.80. URL -- "Ancient Egyptian Symbols", with Dr Penny Wilson 6 weeks, 4th Nov. 2024 – 9th Dec. 2024; £54.00. URL * (&) Kemet Klub Archive Courses: -- "From the Archives: Ancient Egyptian Jewellery", with Lucia Gahlin Pre-recorded course with seven lectures; access from time of enrolment until Monday 13 January 2025. £33.60. URL -- "From the archives: Beginners hieroglyphs", Hieroglyphs self-study course with Maiken Mosleth King Pre-recorded course with eight lectures and support materials; access for 120 days (4 months) from the point of enrolment. £39.00. URL --FIELD SCHOOLS-- * TBA --TRIPS&TOURS-- * TBA +++ (VII) (MULTI)MEDIA --TV&RADIO-- [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * German TV: -- ZDFinfo, February 21, 2025, 10:30-11:15 "Aufgedeckt - Rätsel der Geschichte: Ägyptens verlorene Prinzessin" -- ZDFinfo, February 21, 2025, 11:15-12:00 "Aufgedeckt - Rätsel der Geschichte. Im Zeichen der Sphinx" --DVDs & CDROMS-- * TBA --SOFTWARE & APPS-- * TBA --GAMES-- * TBA --MUSIC & THEATRE & FILM--- * TBA --ONLINE AUDIO&VIDEO-- * Video of a lecture organised by EES: -- "Ancient Egyptian Cancer: Disease, Treatment and Evolutionary Perspective," by Dr Edgard Camarós (5 February 2025) [31 mins.] URL * Videos of lectures organised by IFAO: -- "Kerma-Doukki Gel, 50 ans de recherches et de coopération archéologique avec le Soudan," by Séverine Marchi (12 February 2025) [1 h 23 mins.] URL -- "Ouadi Sannour - Les mines de silex de Khéops au Ouadi Sannour (Galala nord)", by François Briois and Béatrix Midant-Reynes (29 January 2025) [1 h 13 mins.] URL [Submitted by Glenn Meyer] * Video of a lecture organised by ARCE - NC Chapter: -- "Women's Rights in Marriage and Divorce in Ancient Egypt," by Alison Wilkinson (February 9, 2025) [1 h 15 mins.] URL [Submitted by Michael Tilgner] * Video report: "Ce mur de hiéroglyphes raconte la vie d'Ahmès, l'homme qui a réunifié l'Égypte" [2:24 mins.] URL "Parmi ses faits d'armes, ce soldat a notamment participé à la guerre contre les Hyksôs lors de l'assaut d'Avaris." - includes a slideshow about the discovery of a tomb in Luxor in 2017. --MISCELLANEOUS-- * TBA +++ (VIII) WEBSITES * TBA +++ [End of new weekly additions] ========================================================================= [Overview of still current older material follows below] +++ (IX) LECTURES AND SYMPOSIUMS --VIRTUAL LECTURES AND HYBRID CONFERENCES (VL)--- [International conferences are listed first, followed by local lectures.] a) - b) - c) - d) - e) - f) - g) - h) - i) - j) Southampton Ancient Egypt Society (SAES) URL * Online lecture (Zoom): “Amenhotep III's Mansion of Millions of Years", by Angus Graham date: 15 February 2025; 3.30 pm GMT, for a 4 pm start - 6 pm costs: Saturday Meeting fees - Adult Members £3.00, Adult non members £6.00 info: email info: abstract at URL k) - l) ARCE - DC Chapter * Online lectures (Zoom): “The Shifting Nile and the Origins of Dynastic Egypt” and “Rivers and Climate Change: A Different Picture,” by Dr. Ben Pennington (geoarchaeologist and Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton, UK) date: January 25, 2025; noon EST and 1:15 pm EST, respectively costs: free info: abstracts and registration at URL m) Southampton Ancient Egypt Society * Online lecture (Zoom): "Questions and Directions in Archaeological Work at Ankhtifi's Tomb," by Dr Glenn Godenho date: 18 January 2025; 14:00 GMT costs: £3 for SAES Members, £6 for non-Members info: abstract and registration at URL n) Manchester Ancient Egypt Society * Online lecture (Zoom): "The history of the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahri in the light of recent excavations at the Hathor Cult Complex," by Dr. Patryk Chudzik date: 10 February 2025; 7:30 pm GMT / 20:30 CET for a 8 pm start costs: members free; guests £5 info: abstract and registration at URL o) Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. * Online lecture (Zoom): "Worshiping the Ancestors in Egypt’s Tell Edfu," by Prof. Nadine Moeller (Yale University) date: February 19, 2025; 6:00 pm ET place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA costs: free; advance registration recommended info: abstract and registration at URL p) - q) - r) Dipartimento SARAS, Sapienza Università di Roma * Online lecture (Zoom): "Ancient economies (9): Institutions and Economic Analysis", with Prof. Sergio Cesaratto and Prof. Marco Maiuro. date: February 3rd, 2025; 4 pm - 7 pm CET place: a hybrid event -- online (Zoom) or in-person at Room A of Ex Vetrerie Sciarra, Via dei Volsci, 122, 00185, Roma info: Zoom-registration at URL s) Friends of ASOR * Online lecture (Zoom): "Women’s Work in Abydos: Margaret Murray, Amice Calverley, and Myrtle Broome," by Dr. Kathleen Sheppard date: February 5, 2025; 7:00 pm EST costs: free and open to the public info: abstract and registration at URL t) - u) - v) ARCE - DC Chapter * Online lectures (Zoom): “Blending Egyptian and Greco-Roman Cultures: The ‘Isis-Aphrodite’ Figurines from the Catacomb at North Saqqara”, by Mutsumi Okabe date: February 22, 2025; 1:00 pm EST costs: free info: abstract and registration at URL --UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)-- a) - b) American Research Center in Egypt * ARCE Annual Meeting 2025 date: April 25-27, 2025 place: the Westin St. Francis San Francisc, Union Square 335 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102. info: URL info: Call for Papers at URL Deadline for abstracts is December 13, 2024. c) DAIK, NVIC, and AUC * Conference: GARDEN X (Graduate Annual Research Discussions on Egypt and Nubia X) date: Saturday, 22 February 2025 place: German Archaeological Institute in Cairo (DAIK) info: email Deadline for abstract submission (via a requested form only) is 15 December 2024. --CANADA-- a) - --UNITED KINGDOM (UK)--- a) Friends of the Petrie Museum * Memorial Event for Prof. Harry S. Smith date: 4th-5th April 2025 place: London costs: open to all info: program and registration form at URL b) - c) - d) Egypt Exploration Society * TBA e) Sussex Egyptology Society * "Antiquity Dealing Business on a Large Scale: Archaeologists in Egypt and the Antiquities Trade," by Dr Dan Potter date: 25th January 2025; 2 pm place: BHASVIC, 205 Dyke Road, Brighton, BN3 6EG. costs: free to members; non-members £5.00 info: URL f) Southampton Ancient Egypt Society (SAES) URL * “Ramesses III, King of Egypt", by Prof. Aidan Dodson date: 1 March 2025; 1.30 pm GMT, for a 2 pm start - 4.30 pm place: Itchen College, Southampton, UK costs: £5 (pre-booking is essential) info: email info: abstract at URL --THE NETHERLANDS-- a) - --GERMANY-- a) Freie Universität Berlin * Conference: "Romance on the Nile: The Ancient Novel in Egypt – Egypt in the Ancient Novel" date: 10th–12th September 2025 place: Freie Universität Berlin info: Call for Papers at URL Deadline for abstracts is 30 November 2024. b) Ständige Ägyptologen-Konferenz (SÄK) * 56. Ständige Ägyptologen-Konferenz (SÄK) 2025 date: 4 - 6 July 2025 place: TBD ("im Umkreis der Museumsinsel"), Berlin info: URL "Erster Rundbrief" (2 December 2024) - 3 pp. - pdf-file (0.1 MB) URL c) International Association for Coptic Studies (IACS) * 13th International Congress of Coptic Studies date: July 27 – Aug 1, 2026 place: University of Göttingen info: First Circular at URL d) University of Leipzig * Conference "Una quae est omnia (?). Ancient universal religions between locality and supra-regionality with specific emphasis on the example of the Isis and Osiris cults" date: 22 - 25 May 2025 info: Call for Application (early career researcher) at URL Application deadline is 30th of October 2024. --VATICAN CITY-- a) - --EGYPT-- a) Current Research in Egyptology * CRE 2025 date: 7th - 11th September 2025 place: Misr University For Science and Technology (MUST) info: Call for Papers at URL Deadline for abstract submission is 19th January 2025. b) Centre Franco-Égyptien d'Étude des Temples de Karnak (CFEETK) * PTAH Symposium (Preservation and Transmission of Archeological Heritage) date: 7-8 February 2025 place: Mummification Museum, Luxor info: URL URL info: program (PDF) at URL Note the lectures will also be streamed online; online (and in-person) registration form at URL --ITALY-- a) - --FRANCE-- a) Université Lumière Lyon 2 AND Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée * 14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East [14th ICAANE] date: 2-7 June 2025 place: Lyon info: URL Call for papers deadline will be 31 Oct 2024. b) Collège de France * Lecture cycle: "Dimitte voces, accipe sensus ! Les hiéroglyphes à la Renaissance ou l’utopie d’une langue et d’une écriture universelles", by Prof. Jean Winand dates: 21 & 28 November, 5 & 12 December 2024; 14:00-15:00 place: Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot, 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 info: programme and abstracts at URL --SWEDEN-- a) - --BELGIUM-- a) - b) University of Liège * Conference: "Everlasting Variations. Case studies on the hieroglyphic repertoire in synchrony and diachrony" date: June 11–13, 2025 place: Liège costs: EUR 100 info: abstracts of papers welcome before Oct 30, 2024 at email --SPAIN-- a) - --AUSTRALIA-- a) - --DENMARK-- a) - --SWITZERLAND-- a) - --GREECE-- a) - --AUSTRIA-- a) - --POLAND-- a) - --HUNGARY-- a) - b) Egypt and Austria Research Society and Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies, Department of Egyptology, Budapest * 14th Egypt and Austria Conference: “Exploring the Orient”: Cultural bridges between Central Europe and the Near East” date: 25th - 29th September 2024 place: in-person in Budapest at Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Egyptology costs: Egypt& Austria members: EUR 20; Non-members: EUR 50; Student: EUR 25 info: URL info: Call for Papers at URL Deadline for submission of abstracts is 31st March 2024. --CHINA-- a) - --CZECH REPUBLIC-- a) - --ROMANIA-- a) Hyperion University of Bucharest * XIth European Conference of Egyptologists: "Egypt 2025: Perspectives of Research" (XI ECE) date: 9th-14th September 2025 info: URL info: First Call for Papers at URL Deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 January 2025. --JAPAN-- a) - --PORTUGAL-- a) - +++ (X) EXHIBITIONS Most info in this section was collected by Michael Tilgner and Ingrid van Sprakelaar. Ingrid maintains an exhibition calendar [in two complementary formats, i.e. sorted by date and by country] at the Dutch website of the Mehen Study Center.
N.B.: * indicates a preliminary end date based on ticket sale info; so not an official end date set in stone. Notably the virtual exhibitions have moving end dates. --USA-- a) - b) Louisiana Art & Science Museum 100 South River Road, Baton Rouge LA 70802 URL * "Discoveries on the Nile: Exploring King Tut’s Tomb and the Amin Egyptian Collection" [was: "Treasures of the Nile - Exploring King Tut and the Amin Egyptian Collection"] date: October 4, 2024 - August 1, 2025 [was: till Sept 30; was: till Oct 31, 2025] Exhibition celebrating the 60th anniversary of the acquisition of the Egyptian mummy at LASM; in partnership with art collector Giovanni Amin, the exhibition features 200 certified reproductions of artifacts from the tomb of King Tut and 22 authentic Egyptian funeral masks. info: URL info: URL info: English press report at URL With many photos and a video. c) Getty Villa Museum 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 URL * "Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egypt" date: January 24, 2024 – January 25, 2027 [was: November 1, 2023 – November 9, 2026] Exhibition dedicated to the sculpted portraits of officials associated with the 26th Dynasty; the artefacts are on loan from the British Museum, London. info: URL info: English press release at URL "(..) “The sculptures on display fall into a category traditionally called ‘private portraits,’ meaning that they represent non-royal historical individuals. The 26th Dynasty was a period in which private portraiture flourished, as the people who made up the dynasty’s complex administration commissioned temple statues and tomb furnishings that express their identity and reflect the prosperity of the era,” says Sara E. Cole, assistant curator of antiquities at the Getty Villa Museum. “We hope that visitors will come away from the exhibition with an expanded idea of what makes a ‘portrait’ as well as an appreciation for Late Period Egyptian art.” (..)" d) Walters Art Museum 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD21201 URL * "Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt" date: September 27, 2025 - January 11, 2026 Exhibition of 30 mummies from the Brooklyn Museum collections, plus 69 ancient Egyptian artefacts related to the ritual use of animal mummies. It earlier travelled the USA in 2014-2018. info: source - URL e) Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052 URL * "A Woman's Afterlife: Gender Transformation in Ancient Egypt" date: December 15, 2016 - long-term [was: till March 24, 2017] Exhibition with 25 ancient Egyptian artefacts that explore the differences between male and female access to the afterlife. info: URL info: press release [PDF] at URL info: English press report at URL "(..) Egyptian medicine taught that an entombed woman faced a biological barrier to rebirth. The ancient Egyptians believed that in human reproduction it was The Man who created the fetus, and transferred it to the woman during intercourse. This ultimately made rebirth impossible for a woman alone. To overcome this perceived problem a priest ritually transformed a woman's mummy into a man long enough to create a fetus. The ritual for this transformation required representing a woman with red skin on her coffin--- the color normally assigned to a man. Furthermore, artisans inscribed the coffin with spells that addressed the woman in masculine pronouns for a priest to recite. The use of "male" color and strategically inflected language had the power to change her gender in the coffin. A woman later returned to her original female state and incubated herself for rebirth into the afterlife as a woman. (..)" URL URL info: English press report at URL "(..) The show demonstrates this concept with a coffin from the museum’s collection (around 1292-1190 BC), which portrays the deceased with male skin (conventionally red) on the coffin’s exterior—addressed by four gods using a masculine pronoun—and with female skin (conventionally yellow) on the mummy’s mask. Around 25 objects from the museum’s collection are on view, including pieces never before exhibited, like a collar with Atum, a male god who created the world all on his own. There is also a statuette of Atum holding his erect phallus in his hand, which is a feminine word in Egyptian. “This is the way [he created the world]—quite literally, masturbating,” Bleiberg says. Other objects, like two wooden statues, show that females are once again treated as women when they enter the afterlife, despite their portrayal with male attributes on their coffins. There are also statues of Osiris and Isis. (..)" URL info: English press report at URL f) Tampa Museum of Art Cornelia Corbett Center, 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL 33602 URL * "The Art of Coptic Egypt" date: September 13, 2024 - September 28, 2025 Exhibition of over fifty Coptic artifacts from the collection of Dr. Robert Steven Bianchi. info: URL g) Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures The University of Chicago, 1155 E 58th St., Chicago, IL 6063 URL * "Chicago on the Nile: 100 Years of the Epigraphic Survey in Egypt" date: September 17, 2024 - March 23, 2025 Exhibition highlighting the work of the University of Chicago’s Epigraphic Survey in Egypt over the past 100 years, featuring photographs, artifacts, original artworks, and publications. info: URL info: English press report at URL "(..) The exhibition includes archival photographs of researchers’ visits to these sites and their Luxor headquarters, Chicago House, as well as reproductions of their surveys. (..) A gala celebrating the centennial anniversary of the 1924 epigraphic survey will take place on September 21. (..)" h) Carnegie Museum of Natural History 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 URL * "The Stories We Keep: Conserving Objects From Ancient Egypt" date: March 9, 2024 - March 9, 2025 Exhibition of more than 80 artefacts from the Museum's collection, telling their stories in an interactive way; one of them is a 4,000-year-old Dahshur funerary boat. info: URL info: press release at URL info: English press reports at URL "(..) The museum’s long-running Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt closed for good last fall, and “Stories We Keep,” which opens Sat., March 9, is meant to show visitors what the Carnegie is doing to prepare for a new permanent exhibit (..)." URL * Opening of the new permanent exhibition, called "Egypt on the Nile" date: TBA, 2026 info: source - English press report at URL i) IMAG History and Science Center 2000 Cranford Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33916 URL * "Tutankhamun: Return of the King" date: October 1, 2024 - March 31, 2025 Exhibition with reproductions of KV62 items. info: source - URL j) Yale Peabody Museum 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06520 URL * "Reopening of the Museum after renovation" date: March 26, 2024 - Ongoing info: press release at URL info: for the Museums's Egyptian collection, see URL k) Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 URL * Closing of the Ancient Egypt and Nubia Galleries for renovation date: November 6, 2023 - TBA, 2026 info: URL "We’re planning for a palace. See this gallery before it closes November 6, 2023 in preparation for new Ancient Egypt and Nubia Galleries." info: English press report at URL "(..) The galleries’ main level, targeted to open in late 2026, will focus on “life and afterlife in ancient Egypt.” (..) The galleries’ upper level will be devoted to gods and pharaohs. (..) These galleries are aimed to be completed by late 2028." * "Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display" date: February 23, 2019 - TBA, 2026 Special exhibition about how Egyptian objects came to the Museum and how they are being prepared for display in the new galleries. Will be in place while the permanent galleries are closed. With more than 200 objects that will become part of the future Ancient Egypt Gallery that is now being renovated. info: URL info: URL l) National Museum of Asian Art 1050 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20560 URL * “A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt” date: January 28, 2023 - ongoing [was: opening December 17, 2022; was: opening October 8, 2022] Exhibition about the collection of Charles Lang Freer who visited Egypt between 1906 and 1909. info: URL "(..) During these years, he acquired a range of works, including the renowned Washington Codex—one of the oldest Bibles in the world—a digital copy of which will be on view in the gallery. He also collected an exceptional group of New Kingdom Egyptian glass vessels, a Byzantine jewelry set, amulets, and hundreds of beads, many of which will be seen in this exhibition for the first time." info: English press report at URL m) Joslyn Art Museum 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68102 URL * Reopening of the Museum after restoration date: September 10, 2024 - Ongoing info: English press report at URL n) Mattress Factory Art Museum 500 Sampsonia Way, Lower Level, Pittsburgh, PA URL * "Echoes to Omega" date: August 9, 2024 - September 14, 2025 Exhibition designed by Sudanese artist Azza El Siddique, inspired by the ancient statue of Lady Sennuwy, an Egyptian noblewoman, unearthed at Kerma. The installation resembles an Egyptian burial vault and features six ceramic reproductions of said statue. info: URL info: English press report at URL o) Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 URL * "The Art and Discovery of Idu's Tomb. Joseph Lindon Smith and the HU–MFA Expedition" date: January 3, 2025 - TBA Exhibition dedicated to American painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863–1950), who found his calling in painting ancient sites and monuments. As such he regularly joined George Reisner at the “Harvard Camp” dig house at Giza. Spotlighted is the tomb of Idu. info: URL With slideshows of photos and a lot of background information. p) Biltmore, Exhibition Center Amherst at Deerpark One Lodge Street, Asheville, NC 28803 URL * "Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures" date: March 21, 2025 - January 4, 2026 Exhibition with more than 1000 replicas of KV62 objects. info: URL info: press release at URL q) - r) - s) - t) - u) - v) Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028 * "Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now" date: 17 November 2024 - 17 February 2025 Exhibition that examines how Black artists and other cultural figures have engaged with ancient Egypt during the past 150 years; includes nearly 200 works of art in a wide range of media. info: URL info: French press report at URL info: English press report at URL [URL] "(..) The exhibition, curated by the Met’s Akili Tommasino with McClain Groff, will include painting, sculpture, photography, installation and video, along with album covers, media and fashion by artists across disciplines and generations. They include the visual artists Aaron Douglas, Loïs Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence and Jean-Michel Basquiat; the comedian Richard Pryor; the Afrofuturist band leader Sun Ra; and the singer Solange Knowles. To a degree unprecedented at the Met, it will also feature live performances that draw on ancient Egyptian themes. Eleven artists will present works in a “performance pyramid” embedded within the exhibition. (..)" info: Italian press report at URL "Sulla base di un’obsoleta divisione delle etnie in continenti, il museo newyorkese affronta il tema del rapporto tra artisti neri e antico Egitto con un approccio sorprendentemente colonialistico. (..)" Some critical comments by Prof. Francesco Tiradritti. --CANADA-- a) - --UNITED KINGDOM-- a) The Egypt Centre Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Swansea University Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP URL * "Causing Their Names to Live" date: 7 October 2023 - TBA Exhibition about the Harrogate collection (being catalogued by the Egypt Centre), with 30 ancient Egyptian objects on display. info: URL "(..) The title takes inspiration from a common vivification formula found on statues, stelae, and other objects (Nelson-Hurst 2010; 2011). For the ancient Egyptians, one of the most important things was that their name would be remembered. (..)"\ info: source - blog entry at URL With details about the Egypt Centre's Twenty-fifth Anniversary Event (lectures; hybrid event). info: English press report at URL "Having spent the majority of their existence in private collections, over 800 rare Egyptian antiquities have arrived at Swansea University’s Egypt Centre, 30 of which are now on public display, with all artefacts to be studied in-depth for the first time, revealing details previously lost to history. (..)" With photos of the installation of displays. * "Highlights from the Collection of James Roberts Ogden" date: 28 September 2024 - May 2025 Exhibition featuring more objects on loan from Harrogate Museum; it focusses on the collection of James Roberts Ogden. info: URL "(..) The collection (..) includes shabtis, amulets, scarabs, stelae, jewellery, cosmetics, cuneiform texts, and a cartonnage mummy mask. (..)" info: background info about the Collection at URL info: source - URL b) Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT URL * "Seeing and Unseeing the Pyramids: Lee Miller in Egypt" date: 30 October 2025 - 28 June 2025 Exhibition about the photography of surrealist artist Lee Miller (1907-1977) in Egypt. info: URL c) Champney Treasure House Champney Road, Beverley, HU17 8HE URL * "Resurrecting Ancient Egypt: A Monumental Yorkshire Journey" date: 10 December 2024 - 10 May 2025 Exhibition curatored by Egyptologist Prof. Joann Fletcher, combining photographs of Yorkshire architecture by Kyte Photography with loans from the Egyptomania Museum. Also 1920s and 1930s jewellery and advertising are included. info: URL d) - e) Perth Museum St John’s Place, Perth, PH1 5SZ URL * "Waters Rising" date: 8 November 2024 - 16 March 2025 Exhibition about stories and objects connected to flooding from Scotland and abroad (incl. Egypt). info: URL "(..) Features an Egyptian sarcophagus with Nile flood damage (...)." info: English press report at URL (URL) Besides the sarcophagus, a reconstruction of the face of the mummy is also on display. f) British Museum Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG URL * TBA g) Immerse LDN Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL URL * "Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition" date: 28 March 2025 - 27 June 2025 info: URL A 14-week limited run only. info: URL info: English press report at URL h) Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery Museum Road, PortsmouthPO1 2LJ URL * "A British Museum Spotlight Loan: Ancient Sudan - enduring heritage" date: 1 February 2025 – 19 April 2025 Exhibition about the Kushite Kingdom, with artefacts on loan from the British Museum. Will travel to Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (3 May 2025 - 27 July 2025) and Smith Art Gallery & Museum. (9 August – 9 November 2025). info: URL info: source - URL i) - j) Young V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PA URL * "Making Egypt" date: 15 February 2025 - 2 November 2025 Exhibition (for young people) that explores how stories and images of ancient Egypt continue to influence art, design and popular culture today. It will feature ancient artefacts, many on display for the first time, contemporary fashion, jewellery, comics, film, games, sculpture, ceramics and more from across V&A’s collection and beyond. info: URL info: press release at URL k) Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1RL URL * "A British Museum Spotlight Loan: Ancient Sudan - enduring heritage" date: 3 May 2025 - 27 July 2025 Exhibition about the Kushite Kingdom, with artefacts on loan from the British Museum. Earlier at the Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery (1 February 2025 – 19 April 2025). Will travel to the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum (9 August – 9 November 2025). info: source - URL l) Smith Art Gallery & Museum Dumbarton Road, Stirling FK8 2RQ URL * "A British Museum Spotlight Loan: Ancient Sudan - enduring heritage" date: 9 August 2025 - 9 November 2025 Exhibition about the Kushite Kingdom, with artefacts on loan from the British Museum. Earlier at the Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery (1 February 2025 – 19 April 2025) and the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (3 May 2025 - 27 July 2025). info: source - URL --THE NETHERLANDS-- a) Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Rapenburg 28, 2311 EW Leiden URL * "De Ontdekking van Egypte" [Egypt, Land of Discoveries] date: TBA Exhibition with 270 objects from the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden (250 pharaonic antiquities and 20 19th century plates); it will first tour to eight Japanese cities (July 2020 - August 2022). b) Allard Pierson Oude Turfmarkt 127-129, 1012 GC Amsterdam URL * TBA c) Teylers Museum Spaarne 16, 2011 CH Haarlem URL * "Yalla Yalla! Zie je in Egypte" [Yalla Yalla! See you in Egypt] date: 19 [was: 18] October 2024 - 09 [was: 02] February 2025 Exhibition about the work (paintings, diary) of Dutch painter Willem de Famars Testas (1834-1896) who travelled to Egypt (together with Egypotologist Emile Prisse d'Avennes) (1858-1860) and documented daily life and monuments. info: URL info: URL info: (English) URL info: press release at URL info: Dutch press report at URL info: Dutch press report at URL d) Natuurmuseum Fryslân Schoenmakersperk 2, 8911 EM Leeuwarden URL * "Dierenmummies" [Animal Mummies] date: 7 November 2025 - 30 August 2026 Exhibition of animal mummies on loan from the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden. info: source - URL --GERMANY-- a) ODYSSEUM Corintostraße 1, 51103 Köln URL * "Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs" date: 13 July 2024 - 6 January 2025. Exhibition with 180 ancient Egyptian artefacts from Egypt, with a focus on Ramesses the Great. On an international tour (November 2021 - January 2025): Houston Museum of Natural Science (November 20, 2021 - June 19, 2022); De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco (August 20, 2022 – February 12, 2023); Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris (7 April 2023 - 10 September 2023); Australian Museum, Sydney (18 November 2023 - 19 May 2024); will travel to Tokyo (7 March 2025 - 7 September 2025) after Cologne. info: (in German) URL info: English press reports at URL URL "(..) The Cabinet decided to return the wooden coffin of Sennedjem to Egypt. This takes the number of artifacts in the exhibition to 180. (..)" info: German press report at URL "Eine große Ausstellung über das Alte Ägypten kommt nach Köln - mitsamt des kostbaren Sarkophags von Ramses II., der auch Ramses der Große genannt wird. (...) Die Ausstellung umfasst mehr als 180 Artefakte und ägyptische Schätze, darunter Sarkophage, mumifizierte Tiere, Schmuck, königliche Masken und Amulette. Viele davon hätten Ägypten zuvor noch nie verlassen, erklärte das Museum. Alle Objekte stammten aus Museen und historischen Stätten in Ägypten und seien Leihgaben des ägyptischen Obersten Rates für Antiquitäten. Zudem gehört ein Virtual-Reality-Erlebnis zum Konzept. (...) Tickets sind ab dem 14. März erhältlich." info: German press reports at URL "(..) Die Ausstellung umfasst mehr als 180 Artefakte und ägyptische Schätze, darunter Sarkophage, mumifizierte Tiere, Schmuck, königliche Masken und Amulette. (..) Herzstück und größter Hingucker ist allerdings der Sarkophag von Ramses II. (..) Köln ist nach Angaben der Veranstalter die vorerst letzte Station in Europa - dann reist die Ramses-Schau weiter nach Asien. (..)" URL "Eine Ausstellung lockt mit Gold und Ramses II. - und führt das Publikum an der Nase herum. Dabei wäre dieser Schwindel gar nicht nötig gewesen. (...) Mit Ausnahme seiner Mumie ist so gut wie nichts – und erst recht nichts Goldenes – auf uns gekommen, was nachweislich zur Bestattung Ramses’ II. gehört. Nun wird in der Ausstellung auch pharaonisches Gold gezeigt, etwa eine vergoldete Mumienmaske, die allerdings 1939 im Grab des Amen­emope in Tanis im Nildelta gefunden wurde und nicht einmal etwas mit der Epoche von Ramses II. zu tun hat – Amenemope regierte im frühen 10. Jahrhundert vor Christus. (...)" info: German press report at URL Interview with Dr. Mostafa Waziri. info: German press report at URL info: press kit - zip-file with photos, videos and a pdf-file (in all: 530 MB) URL info: German press report at URL "Unter hohen Sicherheitsvorkehrungen ist der Sarg des ägyptischen Pharaos Ramses II. in Köln enthüllt worden. Vorsichtig wurde am Montagmorgen eine große Transport- Box geöffnet, in der der kostbare Sarkophag auf Reise nach Deutschland gegangen war. 'Fragile' stand auf der Kiste - ein Hinweis, dass wahrlich empfindliche Ware darin ruhte. (..)" info: English press report at URL With some photos of the opening. info: German press reports at URL Includes a slideshow. URL With photos and an English trailer [1:00 min.]. URL URL A review. With photos and slideshow. "(..) Ein Höhepunkt der Schau ist das Grabkleid des Pharaos Scheschonq I., Herrscher der 22. Dynastie, das aus einer goldenen Totenmaske, Amuletten, Gürtel und Fingerlingen und Zehenfingerlingen besteht. (..) Im feierlichen Finale stehen wir vor dem herrlichen Zedernholzsarg von Ramses II. (..)" info: German audio report [11:13 mins.] at URL "Cornelia Wegerhoff über antike Grabräuber und moderne Logistik." info: French press report at URL "L’exposition « Ramsès et l’Or des Pharaons », actuellement présentée à Cologne, en Allemagne, a attiré 100 000 visiteurs depuis son ouverture en juillet (..)." info: French press report at URL "Attirant plus de 150 000 visiteurs depuis mi-juillet, l'exposition « Ramsès et l'Or des Pharaons » se prépare à quitter le musée Odysseum à Cologne en janvier vers sa prochaine destination à Tokyo, selon un communiqué de presse du ministère du Tourisme et des Antiquités." b) Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst Gabelsbergerstraße 35, München URL * "Naga – Die verschüttete Königsstadt" date: 18 March 2025 - 27 July 2025 Exhibition about the Meroitic temple town of Naga. info: URL * "Corinthium Aes. Das Geheimnis des schwarzen Kupfers" [Corinthium Aes. The Mystery of Black Copper] date: 18 March 2025 - 14 September 2025 Exhibition about the reconstruction of “black copper” (a special copper alloy that is enriched with gold, silver, or arsenic) that was already known in ancient Egypt. Earlier at the Neues Museum, Berlin (6 April 2023 - 27 August 2023). info: URL c) Khroma - New Media Art Center Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin URL * "Tutanchamuns - Das immersive Ausstellungserlebnis" [Tutankhamun - the immersive exhibition experience] date: 6 September 2024 - *11 February 2025 [was: till *29 December 2024] info: German source - URL URL URL info: URL Preliminary end date based on ticket sale info. info: German press report at URL With photos and a video trailer [0:40 mins.] info: German press reports at URL URL d) Martin von Wagner Museum|Antikensammlung Residenzplatz 2, Tor A, 97070 Würzburg URL * "SchiffsModelle. Rekonstruktionen nach antiken Funden und Darstellungen" date: 19 November 2024 - 13 April 2025 Exhibition of reconstructed schip models from ancient Egypt, the ancient Aeagean and the Roman Empire. info: URL info: URL e) - f) Historisches Museum der Pfalz Domplatz 4, 67346 Speyer URL * "Caesar & Kleopatra" date: 13 April 2025 - 26 October 2025 Exhibition about the end of the Roman Republic and the end of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, narrated via the lives of Cleopatra VII and Caius Julius Caesar. info: URL info: URL info: German press report at URL info: German press report at URL "(..) Mehr als 200 Exponate von mehr als 30 Leihgebern aus acht europäischen Ländern kündigt Kurator Lars Börner an. 'Dank generöser Leihzusagen können viele fantastische Objekte gezeigt werden.' Börner spricht von einem großen logistischen Aufwand, der viele Monate Recherche und Planung in Anspruch genommen habe. 'Es kommen einmalige Kunstwerke aus den bedeutenden Museen Europas für begrenzte Zeit zusammen', betont Direktor Schubert. (..)" g) Utopia – A Happening Place Heßstr. 132, 80797 München * "Tutanchamun - das immersive Ausstellungserlebnis" [Tutankhamun - the immersive experience] date: 9 October 2024 - 26 January 2025 Exhibition to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb; it has no artefacts, but is an "immersive, digital experience". Created by Madrid Artes Digitales. Has been (and is) also at several other venues (in 2024 in Wien, Hamburg, Stuttgart, and München). info: URL info: URL info: German press report at URL Iincludes a slideshow and a trailer [0:40 mins.] info: German press reports at URL URL URL info: German press reports at URL URL With slideshow. info: German press report a URL h) Phoenix des Lumières Phoenixplatz 4, 44263 Dortmund * "Im Reich der Pharaonen. Eine immersive Reise ins Alte Ägypten" [In the Realm of the Pharaohs: An immersive journey into Ancient Egypt] [was: Egyptian Pharaohs. From Cheops to Cleopatra] date: 23 [was: 24] January 2025 - 11 April 2025 Exhibition in the form of an immersive, digital experience; designed by Culturespaces Studio. info: URL URL info: German press report at URL info: URL info: English press report at URL "(..) Fans of "Assassin's Creed" will particularly enjoy the exhibition, as some representations are based on 3D reconstructions from "Assassin's Creed: Origins," a game with an ancient Egypt-inspired world. (..)" [new] info: German press report at URL "(..) Antike Szenen werden auf die hohen Wände projiziert, zum Beispiel über den Bau der Pyramiden. (...) Und es gibt altägyptische Bilder, die den Alltag der Menschen damals zeigen - etwa wie sie im Nil gefischt oder Getreide auf den Feldern angebaut haben. (..)" Includes an audio report [0:45 mins.] i) - j) - k) - l) Ägyptisches Museum Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn P26, Poststraße 26, Bonn URL * Re-opening of the Museum at a new venue date: 23 October 2024 - ongoing info: URL m) - n) - o) - p) - q) Neues Museum James-Simon-Galerie, Bodestraße, 10178 Berlin URL * "Einfach unentbehrlich: Der Esel in der antiken Welt" date: 5 December 2024 - 4 May 2025 Exhibition about the importance of the donkey in the cultures of ancient Egypt and ancient Mesopotamia. info: URL info: URL * "Auf unbetretenen Wegen. Georg Schweinfurth und seine Bedeutung für die Sammlungen der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin" date: 22 May 2025 - 8 February 2026 Exhibition about Georg Schweinfurth and his services to Egyptology. info: URL * "Altes Ägypten" date: till 30 December 2025 info: URL --AUSTRIA-- a) - b) - c) Papyrusmuseumder Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Neue Burg, Heldenplatz 1010 Wien URL * "Göttlich und gegessen. Die ambivalente Beziehung von Mensch und Tier im Land am Nil" [Divine and eaten. The ambivalent relationship between humans and animals in the land on the Nile] date: 13 June 2024 - 4 May 2025 Exhibition about the diverse roles of animals in ancient Egypt: hunted, feared, used, domesticated, loved, worshipped, seen as an expression of divine power or, as sacrificial animals or votive offerings, served as a link between humans and their gods. info: (German and English) URL URL * "Die Macht der Worte. Herrschaft und kulturelle Vielfalt im antiken Ägypten" date: 12 June 2025 - 3 May 2026 Exhibition about the multiple languages spoken in Egypt in Antiquity and their interaction with cultural identities and assimilation processes. info: URL --EGYPT-- a) Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Maydan El Tahrir, Cairo URL * "Perfumes of Ancient Egypt through the Ages" date: 7 December 2024 - 28 February 2025 Exhibition about the history of perfume-making in ancient Egypt, with 80 artefacts from Pharaonic, Graeco-Roman, Coptic, and Islamic Egypt (e.g., perfume containers and perfume recipes), plus modern recreations of ancient Egyptian perfumes, and a virtual reality experience. A collaboration between the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, the Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3 in France, LabEx Archimède, and the Hieroglyphic Institute Hieroluxe. info: English press reports at URL With many photos. URL URL URL URL Describes the sections of the exhibition. With many photos. info: Italian press report at URL b) - c) Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Chatby, Alexandria 21526 URL * “Treasures of Taposiris Magna” date: 22 October 2024 - 21 April 2025 Exhibition of finds by the joint Dominican-Egyptian mission in the Taposiris Magna area. info: URL d) - e) - f) - g) Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Giza URL * TBA h) National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) Ain Elsira – El Foestat, Cairo URL * TBA --ITALY-- a) Museo Egizio di Torino Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, 10123 Turin URL * "Carlo Felice. The Birth of the Museo Egizio" date: 20 November 2024 - 12 January 2025 Exhibition that explores the role of King Carlo Felice of Savoy in founding the Museo Egizio; the King purchased the collection of Consul Bernardino Drovetti in 1823. info: URL b) Fortino Leopoldo I Piazza G. Garibaldi, 9A, 55042 Forte dei Marmi LU URL * "Gli Egizi e i doni del Nilo" [The Egyptians and the gifts of the Nile] date: 1 August 2024 - 2 April 2005 [prolongation; was: till 2 February 2025] Exhibition of 24 objects on loan from the Museo Egizio, Turin, ranging from the Predynastic to the Graeco-Roman era. info: URL info: URL info: Italian press reports at URL With some photos. URL URL URL URL With many photos of objects. info: Italian press reports at URL URL info: Italian press report at URL info: Italian press report at URL info: Italian press report at URL info: Italian press report at URL "La mostra è un vero e proprio viaggio nell’antico Egitto, presentando ai visitatori 24 preziosi reperti che coprono un arco temporale che va dall’Epoca Predinastica (3900-3300 a.C.) fino all’età greco-romana (332 a.C.-395 d.C.). (...) L’allestimento della mostra è arricchito da installazioni multimediali, infografiche e due riproduzioni significative provenienti dal Museo Egizio: la monumentale statua di Ramesse II e il sarcofago di Butehamon." info: Italian press report at URL info: Italian press report at URL Interview with Paolo Marini, coordinator of the Egyptian Museum Turin's traveling exhibitions. (Incl. autotranslations in EN, FR, DE, ES) With many photos. info: Italian press report at URL "L’esposizione, promossa dalla Fondazione Villa Bertelli e dal Comune di Forte dei Marmi, resterà aperta fino al 2 aprile 2025 (...)" d) Ex Convento dei Crociferi Catania * "Egizio e Catania" [Opening of an annexe of the Museo Egizio di Torino] date: TBA - Ongoing info: Italian press reports at URL "Ora è ufficiale: la sezione distaccata del Museo Egizio di Torino aprirà ad Aprile 2017. (...) L’apertura di una sezione staccata del Museo Egizio di Torino a Catania sarà concretizzata in un’ala vasta circa mille metri quadrati del Convento dei Crociferi, che ancora oggi necessita delle ultime migliorie per essere pronto all’ allestimento del museo entro i primi mesi del 2017, dato che già in primavera si apriranno i battenti. (..)" info: Italian press reports at URL URL Things seem to be much more uncertain than was announced before... URL URL info: Italian press release at URL info: Italian press report at URL "(..) La mostra sarà allestita in uno spazio espositivo di circa 530 mq, ricavato all’interno del Palazzo dei Crociferi. Il progetto è nato con il Protocollo d’Intesa firmato il 24 novembre 2017 tra la Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino, la Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Città Metropolitana di Torino ed il Comune di Catania. Per dare avvio al progetto il Comune di Catania e la Fondazione hanno programmato una mostra temporanea dal titolo “Missione Egitto 1903-1920”, della durata massima di 9 mesi, che verrà allestita nel corso del 2018 sotto la responsabilità del Comune di Catania negli spazi del Nuovo Museo e nell’ambito della quale la Fondazione effettuerà un prestito di determinati reperti. (..)" info: Italian press report at URL "Dovrebbe aprire i battenti a settembre del 2018. Tra qualche mese, dopo un lungo dibattito corredato da polemiche, la succursale catanese del Museo egizio di Torino dovrebbe vedere la luce all’interno di quello che è uno dei complessi architettonici più belli di Catania, l’ex convento dei Padri crociferi, nell’omonima via, un tempo sede di un sindacato e oggi recuperato al pubblico. (...) In attesa che il nuovo polo museale apra definitivamente i battenti, il Comune di Catania e la Fondazione per dare avvio al progetto hanno programmato una mostra temporanea dal titolo 'Missione Egitto 1903-1920', della durata massima di nove mesi, che verrà allestita nel corso del 2018 sotto la responsabilità del Comune negli spazi del Nuovo Museo e nell’ambito della quale la Fondazione effettuerà un prestito di determinati reperti. (..)" info: Italian press report at URL "(..) L'assessore comunale Barbara Mirabella risponde: «I lavori di restauro stanno finendo, entro fine anno si dovrà affidare la gara per l'allestimento per iniziare a lavorarci entro il 2020. Ma siamo avanti, contiamo di aprirlo prima della fine del 2019. (..)" info: Italian press report at URL "Museo egizio sì, no, ni... Sembra una telenovela infinita come infinito è l’iter per rendere il monastero dei Padri Crociferi finalmente una sede museale. (...) L’assessore Barbara Mirabella oggi diffonde ottimismo dicendo che «l’iter sta procedendo...», ma nei fatti a tutt’oggi di museo egizio non c'è neanche un piccolo sarcofago. (...)" info: Italian press report at URL The opening should now be 2023 [was originally 2017]. info: Italian press report at URL "(..) «Non sarà una succursale di quello di Torino - citiene a precisare il direttore del Museo Paolo Di Caro - ma un polo museale che vedrà non solo l'esposizione di un numero importante di reperti che arriveranno in prestito dal museo egizio torinese, ma anche di opere che al momento affollano i depositi del Castello Ursino». (...)" Apparently, it now will no longer be a full branch of the Egyptian Museum Turin, but a center which will display rotating loans from that museum; initially, a mummy and artefacts from Tebtunis will go on display. info: Italian press report at URL Contrary to rumours, the project is not dead. info: Italian press report at URL "(..) “A metà giugno – spiega il direttore dell’assessorato, Paolo Di Caro, verranno a Catania alcuni dirigenti e tecnici di Torino per collaudare gli impianti che sono stati adeguati al monastero dei Padri Crociferi, secondo quelle che sono state le prescrizioni precedentemente indicate. Se l’operazione andrà a buon fine, scatterà l’ultima fase, la più importante, che è quella di decidere i reperti che inviati a Catania in prestito”. (..)" info: Italian press report at URL "(..) A metà giugno – ha dichiarato Di Caro – verranno a Catania alcuni dirigenti e tecnici di Torino per collaudare gli impianti che sono stati adeguati al monastero dei Padri Crociferi, secondo quelle che sono state le prescrizioni precedentemente indicate. Se l’operazione andrà a buon fine, scatterà l’ultima fase, la più importante, che è quella di decidere i reperti che saranno inviati a Catania in prestito” (..)" info: Italian press report at URL The project seems yet again to have been stranded. e) Biblioteca comunale G. Pontiggia di Erba via Joriati 6, 22036 Erba URL * "INCONTRI. L’antico Egitto da esplorare" [Encounters. Ancient Egypt to explore] date: 29 October 2024 - 15 June 2025 Exhibition that presents the results of a recent research project by The Mummy Project, namely the reconstruction of the face of an Egyptian mummy and 3D tactile copies of three mummy fragments. info: URL info: Italian oress report at URL info: Italian press reports at URL URL With photos. URL "Negli ultimi tre anni l’egittologa monferrina, Sabina Malgora, direttrice del Mummy Project, centro ricerche e progetti culturali, ha collaborato a numerosi progetti di studio e valorizzazione della collezione egizia del Museo Civico di Erba. Lo scorso maggio è stata inaugurata la nuova sezione egizia, dove hanno giocato un ruolo da protagonisti tre frammenti di mummie egizie, oggetto di approfondite ricerche di carattere storico, egittologico e antropologico e di un meticoloso restauro. (..)" info: Italian press report at URL f) Palazzo Sarcinelli Via XX Settembre, 132, 31015 Conegliano (Treviso) URL * "Egitto - Viaggio verso l'immortalità" [Egypt - Journey towards immortality] date: 23 October 2024 - 6 April 2025 Exhibition of more than 100 ancient Egyptian artefacts on loan from the Egyptian Collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Florence; they illustrate the Egyptian concept of the afterlife and the rituals associated with it. It is the same as the exhibition that was in Moesgaard Museum, Højbjerg, Denmark ("Egypt - Obsessed with Life", 13 October 2023 - 18 August 2024). info: URL info: URL info: source - URL info: source - URL info: French press report at URL info: Italian press reports at URL URL "Prezzo ridotto per i biglietti acquistati tra il 2 settembre e il 1° ottobre 2024. Un’iniziativa che mira a rendere più accessibile l’approfondimento delle testimonianze storiche e culturali dell’antico Egitto." info: Italian press report at URL info: Italian press report at URL With photos. info: Italian press report at URL "Grande successo per la mostra 'Egitto - Viaggio verso l’immortalità', ospitata a Palazzo Sarcinelli, che ha già registrato oltre 2.500 biglietti emessi nella prima settimana di apertura. (..)" info: Italian press report at URL "Dal 23 ottobre, giorno dell’inaugurazione, superata dunque quota 4.000 visitatori per la mostra (..)." g) Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano corso Magenta 15, Milano 20123 URL * "Immagini Eterne. L’arte nell’antico Egitto" [Eternal images: Art of ancient Egypt] date: 1 March 2024 - 31 May 2025 [extension; was: till 31 December 2024] Exhibition of a selection of ancient Egyptian art from the Museum's collection (sculptor's models, stone and bronze statues, fragments of paintings and wooden sculptures). info: URL info: source - URL "La sezione Egizia presso il Castello Sforzesco è temporaneamente chiusa per il totale rinnovamento del percorso espositivo. Da primavera 2024 una ristretta selezione di opere della collezione egizia sarà esposta presso il Civico Museo Archeologico in Corso Magenta 15." h) Palazzo Bonaparte Spazio Generali Valore Cultura, Piazza Venezia 5, Roma URL URL * "Antico Egitto" date: TBA, September 2025 [was: October 2025] - TBA Exhibition with artefacts on loan from the Egyptian Museum of Turin. info: URL info: source - URL info: source - URL info: Italian press report at URL i) - j) - k) Museo Archeologico - Sezione Egizia [Egyptian Collection of the Milanese Archaeological Museum] Castello Sforzesco Piazza Castello, 20121 Milano URL * Closed for renovation (incl. Egyptian Section) date: 6 November 2021 - 30 June 2025 [was: 31 December 2024; was: till 31 December 2023; was: till 30 June 2023; was: till 31 December 2022; was: till 3 October 2022; was: till 30 June 2021; was: till 2020] info: URL info: Italian press reports at URL "(...) il museo egizio, che invece aveva molti appassionati in particolare fra le scolaresche, è chiuso per ristrutturazione da oltre un anno e la riapertura è prevista solo per giugno 2019." URL "Da giugno 2017 a giugno 2019 il Museo Egizio sarà chiuso per rinnovo del percorso espositivo." info: Italian press reports at URL URL "Pronto il piano di recuperi delle sale (chiuse da tre anni). «Debutto nel 2022» (..) Dunque finalmente i lavori del museo egizio, chiuso dal 2017, dovrebbero partire nel luglio prossimo e la riapertura potrebbe così coincidere con il bicentenario della decifrazione della stele di Rosetta ad opera di Jean-François Champollion. (..)" URL "Il nuovo allestimento della collezione egizia del Castello Sforzesco: i lavori partiranno il prossimo anno con il finanziamento di Fondazione Cariplo. (...) Non potendo aumentare lo spazio (sono 400 metri quadrati) sfrutterà al massimo il multimediale esponendo per la prima volta le fotografie d’archivio degli scavi di Achille Vogliano degli anni ‘ 30 del ‘ 900, insieme alle immagini 3D dei reperti ricostruite dal Politecnico e all’applicazione che raccoglie i risultati delle tac fatte sulla mummia e sul sarcofago di Peftauajaset grazie alla collaborazione del laboratorio di antropologia forense dell’università Statale e all’ospedale Galeazzi. (..)" info: Italian press report at URL "La sezione egizia del Civico Museo Archeologico è una delle più visitate del Castello Sforzesco e nel 2022, a duecento anni esatti dalla decifrazione dei geroglifici, aprirà le sue porte in una veste completamente rinnovata. Nuove teche climatizzate per la Sala Viscontea e un’illuminazione al dettaglio che si spegne quando non usata, permetteranno di esplorare l’antico Egitto attraverso un percorso che offrirà un maggior numero di reperti in esposizione." info: Italian press report at URL "Approvate le linee guida per il riallestimento della collezione egizia: eliminazione delle barriere architettoniche, fornire nuove teche e strumenti multimediali da integrare nel percorso. L’intervento viene finanziato da Fondazione Cariplo, che ci mette un milione e 300mila euro grazie all’Art bonus." With slideshow of some of the artefacts. l) Galleria Estense – Sala mostre temporanee Largo Porta Sant’Agostino 337, 41121 Modena URL * "Riflessi d’Egitto – Fascinazioni e tracce nelle raccolte estensi" [Reflections of Egypt – Fascinations and traces in the collections of Este] date: 6 November 2024 - 4 May 2025 Exhibition with more than 150 ancient Egyptian artefacts from the private collections of the Dukes of Este (bronzes, statuettes, scarabs, amulets and a Ptolemaic sarcophagus) and 16 items on loan from the Egyptian Museum of Turin (steles, cosmetic jars, statuettes). info: URL info: Italian press reports at URL URL URL info: Italian press report at URL m) Musei Reali Spazio Scoperte della Galleria Sabauda Piazzetta Reale, 1, 10122 Torino * "Cleopatra. La donna, la regina, il mito" [Cleopatra. The woman, the queen, the myth] date: 23 November 2024 - 23 March 2025 Exhibition about the history and legend of Cleopatra. info: URL info: press release/press folders, and images at URL info: Italian press report at URL Article by Prof. Francesco Tiradritti. n) Palazzo Zaguri Campo San Maurizio, 2668, 30124 Venice VE * "Egypt Exhibition: Faraoni e Regine incantano Venezia" [Egypt exhibition: Pharaohs and Queens enchant Venice] date: 26 December 2024 - TBA (*2 June 2025) Exhibition with over 1000 objects, focussing on feelings, passions and relationships in ancient Egypt, including the great love stories between pharaohs and queens. [Seeing the illustrations, the objects are mostly replicas, complemented with virtual reality presentations.] info: URL With an English trailer [0:43 mins.] URL With an Italian trailer [0:43 mins.] Preliminary end date based on ticket sale info. info: Italian press report at URL o) Castello di Agliè Piazza Castello, 1, 10011 Agliè (TO) * "Custodi dell’Antico. Opere dell’Egizio e altri tesori al Castello di Agliè durante la seconda guerra mondiale" date: 14 December 2024 - 2 March 2025 Exhibition about the role of Agliè Castle during World War II, when its rooms formed a place of refuge for the artistic heritage in the museums of Turin, including 302 cases from the Egyptian Museum of Turin. info: URL info: Italian press report at URL p) Museo della Cattedrale di Ragusa Via Roma, 134 / Corso Italia, 87, 97100 Ragusa URL * "Gli Egizi e i doni del Nilo" [The Egyptians and the gifts of the Nile] date: 13 April 2025 - 26 October 2025 info: source - Italian press report at URL q) - r) - s) - t) - u) Porta Siberia Mura del Molo Porto Antico, Genova * "Tutankhamon. La tomba, il tesoro, la maledizione" [Tutankhamun. The tomb, the treasure, the malediciton] date: 2 December 2023 - *15 June 2025 [2nd prolongation; was: till 15 January 2025] [1st prolongation; was: till 2 June 2024] Exhibition of replicas of the most important objects from Tutankhamun's treasure produced by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. It includes scenographic reconstructions and uses virtual reality giving the opportunity to experience the emotions experienced by the discovering archaeologist Howard Carter. Has been travelling widely. info: URL info: Italian press report at URL info: Italian press report at URL With photos. --FRANCE-- a) - b) Bercy Village 45, rue des Pirogues de Bercy, 75012 Paris URL * "L'Horizon de Khéops" [The Horizon of Khufu]" date: 13 November 2023 - *22 November 2025 A virtual reality presentation of the Khufu pyramid. Earlier at the L'Institut du monde arabe, Paris (14 June 2022 - 2 October 2022), HKRI Taikoo Hui, Shanghai (12 May 2023 - 27 August 2023), Centre commercial Confluence, Lyon (3 November 2022 - 24 December 2023), and Westfield Stratford City, London (7th October 2023 - TBA). info: URL info: URL Preliminary end date based on ticket sale info. info: URL "Grâce à la réalité virtuelle, découvrez une expérience immersive inédite, qui vous plongera 4.500 ans en arrière. (...) Équipés d’un casque de réalité virtuelle, vous évoluez librement pendant 45 minutes dans un espace de 1.000m2, pour y vivre une expérience bouleversante, à la fois ludique et éducative." info: French press reports at URL URL info: French press report at URL With a video report: "L'Horizon de Khéops : au coeur d'une pyramide en réalité virtuelle !" [1:30 mins.] info: French press report at URL Includes a video report [0:55 mins.]. c) Musée du Louvre Palais du Louvre, 75041 Paris URL * "Le Conservateur, le cercueil et la barbe" date: 15 January 2025 - 15 September 2025 Exhibition dedicated to Théodule Devéria (1831 – 1871), who became assistent curator at Musée du Louvre in 1860; a large part of his work was dedicated to studying the artefacts from the Serapeum of Memphis. Spotlighted is Devéria's documentation of the funerary ensemble of Soutymes, priest of the god Amun at the beginning of the 21st dynasty. info: URL d) - e) Musée Massey Tarbes 1 rue Achille Jubinal, 65000 Tarbes au sein du Jardin Massey URL * "La campagne d’Égypte (1798-1801)" date: 22 October 2024 - 23 February 2025 Exhibition about the famous Napoleonic military expedition to Egypt. info: URL f) L'Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) 1 Rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris 5 URL * "Le mystère Cléopâtre" [The Cleopatra mystery] date: 11 June 2025 - 11 January 2026 Exhibition about Cleopatra VII, with the latest research on the queen and on the legends that revolve around her. info: URL info: (French and English) URL URL g) - h) - i) - j) - k) - l) - m) - n) MuséAl 99 route de Viviers, 07400 Alba-la-Romaine URL * "L'Égypte au temps d'Alba - Regards croisés sur deux provinces romaines" [Egypt at the time of Alba - Comparative looks at two Roman provinces] date: 20 July 2024 - 7 December 2025 Exhibition about the Roman provinces of Egypt and Gaul, with more than 110 objects found in Egypt, on loan from several French museums info: URL info: French press report at URL With slideshow. o) L'Atelier des Lumières 38 rue Saint-Mur, 75011 Paris URL * "L'Égypte des Pharaons: de Khéops à Ramsès II" [The Egypt of the pharaohs: from Kheops to Ramses II] date: 9 February 2024 - 21/22 [was: 5] January 2025 An immersive exhibition that invites visitors to step back in time and rediscover Egypt at the time of the Pharaohs, through masterpieces of Antiquity. The exhibition will be accompanied by another one: "Les Orientalistes. Ingres, Delacroix, Gérôme…" [The Orientalists. Ingres, Delacroix, Gérôme...] info: (in French and English) URL URL info: press information (in French and English) with an image gallery - URL URL info: French press reports at URL URL info: French press report at URL info: French press reports at URL Includes a video report [0:39 mins.]. URL URL URL Includes an audio report [1:23 mins.]. info: Italian press report at URL With a slideshow: "A Parigi l'Antico Egitto in versione 'immersiva'". info: French press report at URL With video of a TV report [3:58]. info: French press report at URL With photos and a trailer [0:16 mins.]. p) Médiathèque de Rédené (Finistère) 2 Place de l'Église, 29300 Rédené * "Le roman de l’écriture" date: 10 January 2025 - 26 February 2025 Exhibition about the history of writing, from cuneiform and hieroglyphs to internet language. info: URL info: French press report at URL q) Les Carrières de Lumières Route de Maillane, 13520 Les Baux-de-Provence URL * "L'Égypte des Pharaons: de Khéops à Ramsès II" [The Egypt of the pharaohs: from Kheops to Ramses II] date: 19 April 2024 - 12 [was: 5] January 2025 An immersive (virtual) exhibition that invites visitors to step back in time and rediscover Egypt at the time of the Pharaohs. The exhibition will be accompanied by a second digital exhibition: "Les Orientalistes. Ingres, Delacroix, Gérôme…" [The Orientalists. Ingres, Delacroix, Gérôme...]. Also runs at the L'Atelier des Lumières, Paris (9 February 2024 - 5 January 2025). info: URL info: French press reports at URL URL info: French pess report at URL info: French press report at URL r) Bassins des lumières de Bordeaux Impasse Brown de Colstoun, 33300 Bordeaux URL * "L'Égypte des Pharaons: de Khéops à Ramsès II" [Egypt of the pharaohs: from Kheops to Ramses II] date: 21 February 2025 - TBA (*17 April 2025) An immersive (virtual) exhibition that invites visitors to step back in time and rediscover Egypt at the time of the Pharaohs. Also runs at the L'Atelier des Lumières, Paris (9 February 2024 - 5 January 2025) and Les Carrières de Lumières, Les Baux-de-Provence (19 April 2024 - 5 January 2025). info: URL URL Preliminary end date based on ticket sale info. info: French press report at URL URL s) IMEX 19/21 rue Saint Sernin, 33000 Bordeaux * "L’Horizon de Khéops" date: 3/4 February 2024 - *22 November 2025 A virtual reality presentation of the Khufu pyramid. Earlier at several other venues worldwide. info: URL Preliminary end date based on ticket info sofar. info: French press reports at URL URL URL info: French press report at URL t) - u) - v) - w) - x) Centre commercial Confluence 112 cours Charlemagne, 69002 Lyon * "L'Horizon de Khéops" [The Horizon of Khufu] date: 3 November 2022 - *29 June [was *9 March] 2025 A virtual reality presentation of the Khufu pyramid. Earlier at the L'Institut du monde arabe, Paris (14 June 2022 - 2 October 2022). info: URL Preliminary end date based on ticket sale info thusfar. info: French press report at URL Includes a link to the trailer [0:29 mins.] at URL info: French press report at URL Includes a video report [2:11 mins.] info: French press report at URL info: French press report at URL info: French press report at URL "Depuis le début de l'exposition immersive, près de 80 000 visiteurs sont entrés dans les coulisses de la pyramide de Khéops (..)" y) - z) - --VATICAN CITY-- a) - --BELGIUM-- a) TreM.a - Musée des Arts anciens du Namurois Hôtel de Gaiffier d'Hestroy, rue de Fer, 24, 5000 Namur URL * "Reflets d'Orient au Moyen Âge. L'Égypte à la croisée des cultures" [Reflections of the Orient in the Middle Ages. Egypt at the Crossroads of Cultures] date: 15 November 2024 - 16 February 2025 Exhibition dedicated to Egypt's role as a true link between East and West and as a key player in the spread of new religions. info: URL info: Flyer - 2 pp. - pdf-file (1.3 MB) URL info: French press report at URL A catalogue will also be available. b) - c) BOZAR/Centre for Fine Arts Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels URL * "Monira Al Qadiri. The Archaeology of Beasts" date: 14 November 2024 - 9 March 2025 Exhibition with digital installations by modern artist Monira Al Qadiri, inspired by the gods of Ancient Egypt. info: URL URL info: blog entry at URL With a few photos. d) Musée du Chat et du Cartoon 6 rue Royalle, Bruxelles [yet to be build] * “Le chat dans l’Égypte ancienne” date: TBA, 2025 [was: 2024; was: 2023] Exhibition about the cat in ancient Egyptian culture, with artefacts on loan from the Musée Art & Histoire du Cinquantenaire, the Louvre, and the British Museum. info: Flyer of the museum to be build - URL Wikipedia page: URL info: French press report at URL info: Dutch press report at URL --SPAIN-- a) Museo Ciudad de Antequera Pl. Coso Viejo, s/n, 29200 Antequera, Málaga URL * "El Antiguo Egipto. La Colleccíon Blanco Caro de la Real Academia de Córdoba" date: 14 November 2024 - 12 January 2025 Exhibition that displays the collection of Don Rafael Blanco y Caro (Córdoba, 1902-1979), who worked as head of excavations in four campaigns under the direction of Prof. Ahmed Fakry during the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia. info: URL info: Spanish press report at URL "La muestra está compuesta por 148 piezas que alcanzan en algunos casos los 4.000 años a.C. (..)" b) - c) Bombas Gens Centre d’Arts Digitals Av. de Burjassot, 54-56, 46009 València * "Tutankamón. La exposición inmersiva" [Tutankhamun. The immersive exhibition] date: 21 November 2024 - *2 March 2025 info: URL info: URL Preliminary end date based on ticket sale info. info: Spanish press reports at URL URL d) Museu Egipci de Barcelona / Museo Egipcio de Barcelona Calle València, 284, 08007 Barcelona URL * "Sortir al dia. El Llibre dels Morts dels antics egipcis" [Coming forth by day. The Book of the Dead of the Ancient Egyptians] date: 31 May 2024 - 28 February 2025 Exhibition about the Book of the Dead, with 70 artefacts from the Museum's collection (15 of which are exhibited for the first time). Includes a photographic reproduction of the BD of Ani. info: URL info: Spanish press reports at URL URL e) - f) Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente (CEART) Calle Leganés, 51, 28945 Fuenlabrada URL * "Tesoros de Egipto" [Treasures of Egypt] date: 14 February 2025 - 29 June 2025 Exhibition of more than 140 reproductions of famous ancient Egyptian statues and artefacts, recreations of temple pylons and tombs, and dioramas. info: URL info: Spanish press report at URL g) University of Alcala de Henares Colegio de Caracciolos, Calle de la Trinidad, 3, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) * "Beyond the tree. A Journey into the Traditions of Egyptian Woodcraft" date: 10 December 2024 - 10 January 2025 (9 am – 8 pm, Monday to Friday) Exhibition about the role of trees and wood in ancient and modern Egyptian culture. With photos by photographer Patricia Mora and works by visual artist Mina Milad Ramsis. Organised by the Medjehu Project in partnership with the University of Alcala de Henares, the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (IFAO), the Mortexvar project, and the University of Lisbon. info: URL info: background info about the artists at URL URL h) Museu Egipci de Barcelona / Museo Egipcio de Barcelona Calle València, 284, 08007 Barcelona URL * "Ptolomeu, faraó d'Egipte. La descoberta del seu temple / Ptolomeo, Faraón de Egipto. El descubrimiento de su templo" [Ptolemy, Pharaoh of Egypt - The discovery of his temple] date: 16 December 2021 - TBA [2nd prolongation; was: till 31 December 2022] [1st prolongation; was: till 30 August 2022] Exhibition with 3D replicas of decorated blocks of the temple of Ptolemy I at Sharuna (ancient Hut-nesut), plus ca. 50 artefacts illustrating the Ptolemaic dynasty. info: URL info: Spanish press reports at URL "La misión del Museo Egipcio de Barcelona en Sharuna descubre un título desconocido hasta ahora de Ptolomeo I y presenta una exposición sobre sus hallazgos. (..)" URL URL info: English press report at URL info: ticket info for exclusive tours - URL * "Tutankhamon. Història d'un descobriment" / "Tutankhamón. Historia de un descubrimiento" [Tutankhamun. History of a discovery] date: 16 January 2022 - TBA [prolongation; was: till 31 December 2022] Exhibition commemorating the discovery of KV62, with displays dedicated to the main characters involved, the archaeological methods used, and the media impact of the discovery. info: URL info: source - URL info: ticket info for exclusive tours - URL i) Edificio del Antiguo Banco de España de Jaén Paseo de la Estación, 57, 23007 Jaén URL * "El antiguo Egipto en tus manos" [Ancient Egypt in your hands] [was: "Exposición del Proyecto Qubbet el-Hawa"] date: 28 January 2025 - 27 February 2025 info: Spanish press reports at URL "(..) La muestra contiene reproducciones arqueológicas de algunas de las piezas en 3D halladas en los trabajos de excavación, así como paneles e imágenes que explican este proyecto (..)." With a video [1:15 mins.]. URL "(..) En la exposición, que puede visitarse en la sala del Edificio Moneo de Jaén hasta el 27 de febrero, pueden encontrarse elementos de documentación gráfica arqueológica que abarcan aquellas técnicas clásicas, como son los dibujos, acuarelas y fotografías, hasta las últimas técnicas de virtualización tridimensional y reproducción impresa en 3D. (..)" With a video [1:28 mins.] --AUSTRALIA-- a) - b) Cairns Aquarium - Annex 122B Lake Street, Cairns, QLD 4870 URL * "Tomb of the Pharaohs" date: 28 June 2025 - *31 January 2027 / permanent (?) Exhibition consisting of a 3D immersive experience of recreated scenes of royal burial tombs and featuring 300+ museum grade replicas. info: URL Preliminary end date based on ticket sale info thusfar. info: English press report at URL [Needs registration; or try URL.] c) - d) - e) - f) Queensland Museum Corner of Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Bank, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101 URL * "Discovering Ancient Egypt" date: 25 October 2024 – 17 August 2025 [was: till 25 May 2025] Exhibition of 231 ancient Egyptian artefacts and 13 individual mummified remains (both human and animal), on loan from the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden. Earlier at Western Australian Museum, Perth (10 June 2023 – 8 October 2023) and National Museum of Australia, Canberra (14 December 2023 – 8 September 2024). info: URL info: URL With a full item/provenance list in PDF. info: English press report at URL "(..) Among its 200-plus items, five sarcophaguses will be on display, as will painted funerary coffins and papyrus sheets from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. (..)" With photos. info: English press reports at URL URL --MONACO-- a) - ---SWITZERLAND--- a) Lichthalle Maag Zahnradstraße 22, 8005 Zürich * "Tutanchamun - das immersive Ausstellungserlebnis" [Tutankhamun - the immersive experience] date: 29 November 2024 - 4 May 2025 info: URL info: German press report at URL b) Bibel+Orient Museum Universität Miséricorde, Ruelle Laure-Dupraz 1, CH-1700 Freiburg URL * "700 Skarabäen. Die Sammlung Keel" date: 20 February 2025 - 30 September 2025 Exhibition of 700 scarabs from the Othmar Keel Collection. The scarabs originate from Canaan. info: URL info: URL --SWEDEN-- a) Gustavianum Uppsala Universitet, Akademigatan 3, 75310 Uppsala URL * "Reopening after renovation" date: 24 June 2024 - Ongoing info: URL info: for the Egyptian collection, see URL "(..) This exhibition contains objects from ancient Egypt and other ancient Mediterranean cultures. It includes mummy sarcophagi and objects from the former Victoria Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, which was housed in the Gustavianum. Many of the objects come from excavations in which Uppsala archaeologists participated, including Asine in Greece, Cyprus, and Sudanese Nubia." URL b) Kalmar Slott Kungsgatan 1, 392 33 Kalmar URL * "Egyptiska mumier - en resa till odödlighet" [Egyptian Mummies- Journey into Immortality] date: 18 April 2025 - 2 November 2025 Exhibition about ancient Egyptian funerary customs (embalming methods and tomb objects), with more than 100 artefacts on loan from the Egyptian Museum of Florence. Earlier at the Moesgaard Museum, Højbjerg ("Egypt - Obsessed with Life", 13 October 2023 - 18 August 2024) and Palazzo Sarcinelli, Conegliano ("Egypt - Journey towards immortality", 23 October 2024 - 6 April 2025). info: URL URL "(..) Some of the masterpieces in the exhibition are the sarcophagus of Padimut, the bust of Sety II, the Stele of Penbu, the mummies (of a woman, of a child and of a dog), funerary masks and wonderfully preserved everyday objects made of plant fibres. (..)" --CROATIA-- a) Arheološki muzej u Zagrebu/Archaeological Museum in Zagreb 19 Nikola Subic Zrinski Square, 10000 Zagreb URL URL * "Reopening museum after renovation" date: 17 July 2024 - ongoing info: URL The museum has ca. 3000 Egyptian artefacts, of which 600 will be on display. info: English press report at URL ---DENMARK--- a) - --FINLAND-- a) - --CZECH REPUBLIC-- a) Historical Building of the National Museum Václavské námestí 68, Praha 1 URL * "Tajemná Núbie" [Mysterious Nubia] date: 11 June 2024 – 30 June 2025 Exhibition to commemorate the expeditions of the Czechoslovak Institute of Egyptology to Lower Nubia in the years 1961–1965. With artefacts from the collections of the Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures of the National Museum, the Kynžvart State Castle and the Buchlova State Castle. info: URL URL b) Ceské muzeum stríbra Barborská 28, 284 01 Kutná Hora URL * "Ve stínu pyramidy" [In the shadow of the pyramid] date: 26 March 2024 - 5 January 2025 [was: 31 December 2024] Exhibition centered around a unique mummy of a young noble woman called Hereret, who had been buried in Lahun, central Egypt; with artefacts on loan from several museums. Many of the objects on display were donated (in 1912) to his hometown by the collector and patron Ludwig Holzmeister from Moravia. info: URL info: source - poster at URL info: German press report at URL [Here the end date is given as 30 November -- probably based on the confusing (outdated?) entry at URL] Includes a slideshow. c) - d) Oblastní muzeum a galerie v Moste Csl. armády 1360/35; 434 01 Most * "Mezi Prahou a Káhirou. 100 let ceské egyptologie" [Between Prague and Cairo. 100 years of Czech Egyptology] date: 20 October 2024 - 23 February 2025 [prolongation; was: till 31 January 2025] Exhibition with photographs, documents, videos and animations, celebrating 100 years of Egyptology at Charles University. About the beginnings of Egyptology in Czechia and about Czechian archaeological missions in Egypt and Sudan (especially Abusir). The exhibition has been travelling through Czechia since 2019. info: URL info: Czech press report at URL info: Czech video at URL --SLOVAK REPUBLICA-- a) Trencín Castle (Trenciansky hrad) Mierové námestie 46, 912 50 Trencín URL URL * "Kouzlo objevování: od hieroglyfu k Tutanchamonovi" [The Magic of Discovery: From Hieroglyphs to Tutankhamun] date: 1 July 2024 – 31 January 2025 [extension; was: till 15 November 2024] Exhibition, prepared by the Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University, that commemorates the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and the bicentenary of the deciphering of hieroglyphs. Earlier at the Karolinum, Praha (11 November 2022 - 31 December 2022), the Regional museum of the city of Ždár nad Sázavou (18 May 2023 - 27 August 2023), and Dobríš Castle Gallery JCM (20 October 2023 - 31 May 2024). info: URL info: URL --POLAND-- a) - --JAPAN--- a) NEON's Crevia Base Tokyo 6 Chome-4-25 Toyosu, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0061 * "Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs" date: March 7, 2025 - December 7, 2025 [prolongation; was: till September 7, 2025] Exhibition with 180 ancient Egyptian artefacts from Egypt, with a focus on Ramesses the Great. On an international tour: Houston Museum of Natural Science (November 20, 2021 - June 19, 2022); De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco (August 20, 2022 – February 12, 2023); Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris (7 April 2023 - 10 September 2023); Australian Museum, Sydney (18 November 2023 - 19 May 2024); TBA, Köln (13 July 2024 - 6 January 2025); TBA, Tokyo (March 7, 2025 - September 7, 2025). info: URL info: English press release at URL Info: source - French press report at URL info: English press report at URL info: URL "(..) During the meeting, the possibility of extending the duration of the “Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” exhibition at its next stop in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, from six months to nine months was discussed. (..)" b) Tutankhamun Project LLC Tutankhamun Museum (PLOT48) 4-3-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture * "Mystery of Tutankhamun: An Interactive Ancient Egyptian Exhibition" date: December 13, 2024 - December 25, 2025. Exhibition using analog and digital technologies to provide an immersive experience, featuring over 130 replicas in a recreated tomb of King Tutankhamun. info: URL info: Japanese press reports at URL URL c) Mori Arts Center Gallery 52F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo URL * "Unraveling the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt from Brooklyn Museum" date: 25 January 2025 - 6 April 2025 Exhibition with a selection of 150 artefacts from the Brooklyn Museum's ancient Egyptian collection (sculptures, coffins, jewelry, pottery, papyrus, and human and cat mummies). Will travel to Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art and Toyota City Museum. info: URL URL info: URL URL d) Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art 53-2 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8002 URL * "Unraveling the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt from Brooklyn Museum" date: 19 April 2025 - 15 June 2025 Exhibition with a selection of 150 artefacts from the Brooklyn Museum's ancient Egyptian collection (sculptures, coffins, jewelry, pottery, papyrus, and human and cat mummies). info: URL URL e) Toyota City Museum 8-5-1, Kozakahonmachi, Toyota, Aichi, 471-0034 URL * "Unraveling the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt from Brooklyn Museum" date: 28 June 2025 - 7 September 2025 Exhibition with a selection of 150 artefacts from the Brooklyn Museum's ancient Egyptian collection (sculptures, coffins, jewelry, pottery, papyrus, and human and cat mummies). info: URL URL --PORTUGAL-- a) - b) - c) Museu Nacional de Arquologia Praça do Império, 1400-206 Lisboa URL * Closure due to renovation date: 18 April 2022 - TBA, 2025 info: URL The ancient Egyptian collection consists of 584 objects: URL d) Immersivus Gallery Porto, Alfândega do Porto Rua Nova da Alfândega, 4050-430 Porto * "Misterioso Egito" [Mysterious Egypt] date: 9 April 2023 - *30 March 2025 Exhibition that was earlier at Reservatório Mãe d'Agua das Amoreiras, Lisboa (21 April 2022 - 3 September 2023). info: (in Portuguese and English) URL URL "This multimedia journey, created from original content available in various international museums and libraries, transports you to the Egyptian civilization, where you are invited to explore some of the most iconic moments and elements." info: URL Preliminary end date based on ticket sale info. --BRAZIL-- a) - --RUSSIA-- a) - ---ISRAEL-- a) - REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA-- a) - ---PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA--- a) - b) Hubei Provincial Museum No. 160, East Lake Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province * "Egyptian collection of the Accademia dei Concordi" [working title] date: TBA Travelling exhibition of part of the ancient Egyptian collection of the Accademia dei Concordi; among the 500 artefacts are two mummies (Meryt and Baby). Earlier at the Pallazo Roncale, Rovigo (14 April 2018 - 29 July 2018; "Egitto ritrovato"); will travel to three other museums in China. info: Italian press reports at URL URL URL URL c) - d) Shanghai Museum nr. 201, Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, Shanghai URL * "The Top of the Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Civilization" date: 19 July 2024 - 17 August 2025 Exhibition of 787 ancient Egyptian artefacts. Co-organized with Egypt's SCA. info: URL With many photos. info: URL info: English press reports at URL URL "(..) "Over 95 percent of the artifacts will be arriving in Asia for the first time, and almost all of them are being shown in China for the first time," says Chu. The highest-profile exhibits include the statues of Amenhotep IV and Tutankhamen from Egypt's 18th Dynasty, a mummy portrait from the Ptolemaic period and a wooden coffin recently unearthed in Saqqara." info: English press report at URL "(..) with the participation of 787 Egyptian artifacts. (..)" info: French press report at URL info: English press report at URL "Shanghai Museum director Chu Xiaobo (...) introduces such highlights as statues of pharaohs, including those of Tutankhamun, Amenemhat III and Ramses II; a complete set of mummies' coffins; gold jewelry belonging to a queen; and recently discovered painted coffins, animal mummies and statues from the Saqqara region. (...) The exhibits have been carefully curated from artifacts from seven major Egyptian museums, including the Egyptian Museum, Luxor Museum and Suez Museum, along with the latest findings in Saqqara, Chu says." info: English press reports at URL URL "Two major artifacts from a collection of 788 ancient Egyptian treasures were unveiled in the Shanghai Museum on Monday, offering a glimpse into the soon-to-open exhibition in July. Of the two artifacts, the statue of Akhenaten (..) with its original height at 4 meters, will be exhibited in a bust. The other one is a colored mummy coffin with inscriptions from the middle part till the base, which was unearthed at the Saqqara necropolis in recent years. (..)" info: English press reports at URL URL info: English press report at URL "Tickets have been fully booked for the rest of the summer even though the exhibition doesn't open until July 19. (...) The exhibition is divided into three sections — 'The Land of the Pharaohs,' 'The Secrets of Saqqara,' and 'The Age of Tutankhamun.' (..)" With photos and two video reports [1:26 and 1:13 mins.]. info: English press reports at URL URL With photos. URL With photos of a preview. info: French press reports at URL With photos. URL With photos. URL With slideshow and a video report [1:04 mins.]. info: Chinese TV reports at URL Video report [5:29 mins.], with English subtitles. URL Video report [1:33 mins.], with English subtitles. info: English press report at URL "Shanghai Museum sold out 200,000 early-bird tickets months ahead of the opening, and a few weeks ago the museum announced that the exhibition has been fully booked for the coming two months." info: French press report at URL info: French press report at URL "Une grande exposition de 788 objets égyptiens anciens à Shanghai a franchi une étape importante en attirant 1 million de visiteurs depuis son lancement en juillet. (...) « Le précédent record pour une exposition égyptienne a été établi au Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York en 1978, avec 1,36 million de visiteurs. Compte tenu des tendances actuelles, nous sommes en bonne voie pour dépasser ce record », a déclaré Chu Xiaobo, directeur du musée de Shanghai." Includes a video report [0:50 mins.]. info: English press report at URL "The number of tickets sold for the exhibition has exceeded 1.4 million (..)." * "The Lost Pharaoh: An Immersive Experience at the Pyramid of Khufu" date: 19 July 2024 - 17 August 2025 Probably the "Horizon of Kheops" exhibition (a virtual reality presentation of the Khufu pyramid) that is and has been at several European venues. info: URL e) Hong Kong Palace Museum West Kowloon Cultural District, 8 Museum Drive, Kowloon URL * "Tutankhamun and the Secrets of Saqqara" (working title) date: TBA, November 2025 - TBA, August 2026 Exhibition with ca. 250 artefacts from seven major Egyptian museums, including the Egyptian Museum, Luxor Museum and Suez Museum, along with the latest findings done in Saqqara (since 2018). Earlier in Shanghai Museum ("The Top of the Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Civilization", 19 July 2024 - 17 August 2025, which had much more artefacts). info: English press release at URL f) Meet You Museum Beijing Floor E02-1, Ceramic 1st Street, 798 Art District, Chaoyang District, Beijing URL * "Meet Ancient Egypt: Mummy, Life and Death in Ancient Egypt" date: 12/13 November 2024 - 16 February 2025 Exhibition of 123 ancient Egyptian artefacts on loan from the University of Aberdeen. Earlier at Meet You Museum Wanrong Lu (21 December 2023 - 21/24 March 2024), Meet You Museum Hangzhou (26 March 2024 - 25 June 2024), and Meet You Museum Chengdu (19 July 2024 – 20 October 2024). info: source - URL "(..) Exhibits encompass thousands of years of history and include the mummified remains of a cat, crocodile and ibis, pottery and alabaster vessels, hieroglyphic friezes, jewellery, ‘Book of the Dead’ papyrus, and statues of gods. (..)" info: English press report at URL info: French press report at URL "(..) Il s’agit de 123 pièces rares (..)" With photos. ---REPUBLIC OF INDIA--- a) - ---NEW ZEALAND--- a) - ----GREECE---- a) - ----MEXICO--- a) - +++ ==================================================================== Please send any contributions to: A. K. Eyma This list is not meant for distribution to any other public channel than the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum. ====================================================================


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