EGYPTIAN MUMMIES: EXPLORING ANCIENT LIVES
An international touring exhibition exploring the hidden history behind six ancient Egyptian mummies from the British Museum, as revealed by state-of-the-art, non-invasive technology.
Caixa Forum, Sevilla, Torre Sevilla Shopping Centre, C/López Pintado s/n, Seville, Spain https://caixaforum.org/es/home Until 3 September 2023
TUTANKHAMUN: THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
This exhibition in the form of an immersive digital multimedia experience, without artefacts or replicas, explores Tutankhamun and his tomb.
Marx Halle, Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19, 1030 Vienna, Austria http://www.alegria-exhibition.de/tutanchamun 19 October 2023-21 January 2024
ACE TO FACE: THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE MUMMY PORTRAITS AT THE ALLARD PIERSON
An exhibition of 12 mummy portraits, two from the Allard Pierson collection and ten from partner museums in Europe, highlighting current knowledge of mummy portraiture, and the provisional results of a new international research study.
One of the Allard Pierson mummy portraits from the new Face to Face exhibition in Amsterdam. Image: Stephan van der Linden
Allard Pierson, Oude Turfmarkt 127-129, 1012 GC Amsterdam, Netherlands, 6 October 2023-June 2024
RAMESSES THE GREAT AND THE GOLD OF THE PHARAOHS
This international travelling exhibition explores the life, reign, and legacy of Ramesses II through more than 180 artefacts from his era. Exhibits include sarcophagi, mummies, jewels, royal masks, amulets, and statues, including a colossal limestone statue of the standing king.
A display of two coffins from the Ramesses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition, currently in Paris but moving to Sydney this autumn. Image: © Cityneon Group & World Heritage Exhibitions
Australian Museum, Sydney, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia https://australian.museum 23 November 2023-May 2024
SCULPTED PORTRAITS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT & THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
There are two exhibitions opening this autumn. Sculpted Portraits explores revival and renewal during Egypt’s Twenty-sixth Dynasty through a selection of artefacts on special loan from the British Museum (until 9 November 2026). The second exhibition features the Getty’s Book of the Dead manuscripts, which have never before been on public view (until 29 January 2024).
Scene from the Book of the Dead of Pasherashaikhet, son of Taber (375-275 BC), one of the manuscripts on display in the upcoming The Egyptian Book of the Dead exhibition at the Getty Villa Museum. Image: © J Paul Getty Museum Villa Collection
Getty Villa Museum,17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, United States, http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions, From 1 November 2023
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS (ending soon; for details, see AE 136)
TUTANKHAMUN: HIS TOMB AND HIS TREASURES, OHIO https://cosi.org
RAMESSES THE GREAT AND THE GOLD OF THE PHARAOHS, PARIS http://www.expo-ramses.com
THE GIFT OF THOTH: READING ANCIENT EGYPT, TURIN https://museoegizio.it
GOLDEN MUMMIES OF EGYPT, MANCHESTER http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk
EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONS, BRUSSELS http://www.artandhistory.museum
A mummy mask that features in the Egyptian Expeditions exhibition in Brussels. Image: JPP
