Ancient Egypt October listings

This article is from Ancient Egypt issue 151

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DISCOVERING ANCIENT EGYPT

After five years as a travelling exhibition, visiting Japan, South Korea, and Australia, the RMO’s exhibition returns to the Netherlands. It explores the life, religion, and culture of the ancient Egyptians through nearly 500 objects, including golden funerary items from the tomb of general Djehuty, which have been reunited for the first time in 200 years.

RIJKSMUSEUM VAN OUDHEDEN, Rapenburg 28, 2311 EW Leiden, http://www.rmo.nl, Until 15 March 2026

A golden bowl decorated with fish belonging to general Djehuty – on display in the *Discovering Ancient Egypt* exhibition in Leiden. Image: Grand Palais Rmn (Musée du Louvre)/Hervé Lewandowski

EGYPT ETERNAL: 4,000 YEARS OF FASCINATION

Egypt Eternal is new exhibition that showcases the museum’s Egyptology collection, parts of which are on display for the first time. Many items have now been scanned to create digital 3D models. Artefacts include the mummy case of Padimut (which can now be viewed through 360°) and an augmented reality experience for the Dream Stela of Thutmose IV.

HARVARD MUSEUM OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA, https://hmane.harvard.edu, Ongoing

3D models of the coffins of Padimut, Mutiyy, and Ankh-Khonsu at the Harvard Museum’s *Egypt Eternal* exhibition. Image: HMANE, Harvard

SECRETS OF THE SUNKEN CITY

After travelling the world, this temporary exhibition returns to Egypt with 86 artefacts from the excavations of Thonis-Heracleion, Canopus, and the eastern port of ancient Alexandria. Objects illustrate daily and military life, religious rites, and art of the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods.

ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL MUSEUM, 131 El-Shaheed Galal El-Desouky, Alexandria Governorate 5423004, Egypt, https://egymonuments.com, Until 1 February 2026

A sphinx of Nectanebo II, one of the artefacts on display as part of the *Secrets of the Sunken City* exhibition. Image: J Peter Phillips

DIVINE EGYPT

This new exhibition explores the imagery associated with the most important deities of ancient Egypt, and how the kings and people recognised and interacted with their gods. It includes almost 250 artefacts, many of which are on loan from museums across Europe and the USA.

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, USA, http://www.metmuseum.org, Until 31 August 2026

A gold triad of Osiris, Horus, and Isis from the Third Intermediate Period, loaned by the Museé du Louvre to the *Divine Egypt* exhibition. Image: Robert B Partridge

TUTANKHAMUN – HIS TOMB AND HIS TREASURES

The world-travelling exhibition arrives in Slovakia with more than 1,000 replicas of objects found in Tutankhamun’s tomb, plus a new immersive exhibition using augmented reality technology to explore Egypt’s ancient gods and sacred rituals.

SPORT MALL, Hodonínska 27, Bratislava, Slovakia, http://www.tutanchamon.sk, Until 19 April 2026