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CREATURES OF THE NILE
Creatures of the Nile explores the world of ancient Egyptian and Sudanese animals through more than 250 artefacts from the University of Liverpool’s Garstang Museum, National Museums Liverpool, and Manchester Museum. Highlights include the earliest known depictions of a domesticated dog, a bronze statue that contained a cat mummy, and a rare depiction of a mythical hippocampus.
Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool, Ashton Street, Liverpool, L69 3DR, UK, https://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk, Until 5 October 2024
RAMESSES AND THE GOLD OF THE PHARAOHS
This is both a touring exhibition that celebrates the life and achievements of Ramesses II through more than 180 artefacts, and a virtual-reality tour of the temples at Abu Simbel and the Tomb of Nefertari. Highlights include animal mummies, jewellery, royal masks, and the king’s cedar coffin.
Odysseum, Cologne, Corinto Street 1, 51103 Cologne, Germany, https://ramsesausstellung.de, 13 July 2024 to 6 January 2025
DIVINE AND EATEN: THE AMBIVALENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS IN THE LAND ON THE NILE
Exploring divine beings, feared creatures, and the everyday coexistence of humans and animals, this new exhibition uses documents on papyrus, paper, and parchment.
Papyrus Museum, Austrian National Library, Vienna, Heldenplatz, Neue Burg, 1010 Vienna, Austria, http://www.onb.ac.at, Until 4 May 2025
GODS AND GODDESSES OF EGYPT: THE PANTHEON OF CHAMPOLLION
An exhibition of Egyptian antiquities studied by Jean-François Champollion, on loan from major collections, which illustrate how he introduced the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt to the Western world through his work The Egyptian Pantheon.
Musée Champollion, Vif, 45 rue Champollion, 38450 Vif, Isère, France, https://musees.isere.fr, Until 29 September 2024
THE STORIES WE KEEP: CONSERVING OBJECTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
Step behind the scenes and follow the conservation of more than 80 ancient Egyptian objects, including a 4,000-year-old Dahshur funerary boat. Staff can be seen at work in the ‘Visible Conservation Lab’, and visitors are invited to reassemble 3D scans of pot sherds.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PA 15213, USA, https://carnegiemnh.org, Until 9 March 2025
ON TOP OF THE PYRAMID: THE CIVILISATION OF ANCIENT EGYPT
A display of more than 780 ancient artefacts, loaned from seven Egyptian museums, most never before seen in Asia.
Shanghai Museum, People’s Square, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China, http://www.shanghaimuseum.net, 18 July 2024 to 17 August 2025
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