June 19th, 2012 by Yekaterina Barbash
Every museum strives to enrich its collection even further, but acquiring new objects is not always possible. Luckily, our storerooms have much to offer and with new research and conservation we are able to supplement the galleries with interesting and beautiful objects that have never been on...
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May 17th, 2012 by Yekaterina Barbash
All of us were a little sad to see “Bird Lady” go, even if it is only for a brief period of time, but we were able to take this opportunity to conserve another female figurine and introduce her to you. Read more
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May 9th, 2012 by Yekaterina Barbash
Many of you may be wondering where our beloved Female Figurine, nicknamed the “Bird Lady” is. One of the stars of our Egyptian collection, she normally greets visitors to the Egyptian Galleries’ Predynastic section and she’s the signature image for the second phase of our reinstallation,...
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April 7th, 2010 by Yekaterina Barbash
It is pretty timely that this month’s object for discussion is the Pair Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta . I absolutely adore this sculpture because it is one of the best examples of art made during the reign of Amunhotep III. Coincidentally, in this past month Egyptian archeologists found a...
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