Ancient Egypt April listings

This article is from Ancient Egypt issue 154

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A BESTIARY OF ANCIENT NUBIA

A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia reveals the animal world of ancient Nubia from the A-Group culture to the medieval period, including lions, crocodiles, birds, cattle, and insects depicted in statues, paintings, and other artefacts.

INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT CULTURES (ISAC) MUSEUM 1155 E 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
https://isac.uchicago.edu Until 16 August 2026

A facsimile painting of Nubians with a giraffe and monkey by Nina de Garis Davies, part of the exhibition *A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia*. Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

LIVES AND LITERACY IN ANCIENT EGYPT

This exhibition, curated in collaboration with the John Rylands Library in Manchester in the UK, exploring the multilingual, multicultural society of Graeco-Roman Egypt through rare, handwritten papyrus documents.

HARRY RANSOM CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
300 West 21st Street, Austin, TX 78712, USA
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu Until 2 August 2026

Papyrus fragment of the *Gospel of John*, one of the rare papyrus fragments on display in the *Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt* exhibition. Image: University of Manchester

UNRAVELLING THE MYSTERIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT

A touring exhibition of more than 140 sculptures, reliefs, paintings, jewellery, and decorative arts from the ancient Egypt collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York.

NAGANO PREFECTURAL ART MUSEUM
1-4-4 Hakoshimizu, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture 380-0801, Japan
https://nagano.art.museum, Until 27 September 2026

A wooden cat coffin, one of the touring highlights of the *Unravelling the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt* exhibition. Image: Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1941E

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

This exhibition, previously shown in 2023, showcases the Getty’s collection of rare Book of the Dead manuscripts, and is presented in English and Spanish.

GETTY VILLA MUSEUM
17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, USA
http://www.getty.edu/exhibitions Until 30 November 2026

The Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, one of the highlights of *The Egyptian Book of the Dead* exhibition. Image: J Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Gift of Mr and Mrs H P Kraus, 83.AI.46.2

BEGINNINGS OF THE ZODIAC

Destiny in the Stars is dedicated to the history and the significance of the zodiac from Babylonia to Egypt and the Graeco-Roman world. It presents the ancient zodiac from a contemporary, scientific and social perspective.

NEUES MUSEUM
James-Simon-Galerie, Bodestraße, 10178 Berlin, Germany
http://www.smb.museum Until 10 January 2027