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The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Organizes A Temporary Exhibition Titled 'The Scents of Ancient Egypt Through the Ages'

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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 - 11:48 GMT

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is organizing a temporary exhibition titled "The Scents of Ancient Egypt Through the Ages" in collaboration with Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University in France, the distinguished LabEx Archimède laboratory, and the Hierollexic Foundation for the Hieroglyphic Language.

 

The exhibition aims to shed light on the production, use, and diverse compositions of perfumes in ancient Egypt, as well as the rituals associated with them.

 

This is achieved by showcasing a selection of artifacts related to perfumes, chosen from the collections of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, the Museum of Islamic Art in Bab Al-Khalq, and the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo.

 

The exhibition features artifacts related to perfumes in ancient Egypt, including statues of Queen Hatshepsut and the god Amun-Ra, scenes depicting Hatshepsut's expedition to the land of Punt to procure materials like myrrh and frankincense used in perfume production, and a collection of dried flowers from the New Kingdom.

 

Additionally, the exhibition includes perfume vessels and manuscripts with recipes for perfume preparation.

 

Ali Abdel Halim, General Director of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, explained that the exhibition will last for three months and will incorporate virtual reality technology, allowing visitors to experience the museum and explore how perfumes were used in daily life, religious rituals, and even in political contexts, such as during mummification practices.

 

He added that some ancient Egyptian perfumes have been recreated based on formulas found in ancient papyri, under the supervision of the museum's restoration department. These recreated perfumes will be on display for visitors to smell and experience firsthand the scents of ancient Egypt.

 

Abdel Halim stated:

"The perfume industry in ancient Egypt was highly advanced. Egyptians were skilled at extracting scents from plants, flowers, and resins. The process involved several stages, including collecting raw materials based on the type of perfume desired, extracting the fragrance using methods like distillation or cold pressing, blending the scents to achieve the desired aroma, and finally, bottling and storing the perfumes in ornate glass or pottery vessels." 

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Egyptian treasures include rare granite head of pharaoh, large vessel with painted image of Nile scene; Amarna Period sandstone relief of pharaoh worshipping the god Aton; Greek & Roman jewellery

LONDON, Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On Sunday morning, December 15, 2024, Apollo Art Auctions will roll out the red carpet for a very special Fine Ancient Art & Jewellery Auction exclusively featuring The Prince Collection, one of the largest royal-provenance collections ever presented by the Central London firm. The 280-lot selection includes breathtaking antiquities of Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Asian origin, with a timeline that spans the 40th century BC to 16th century AD. The live gallery auction, with absentee and Internet live bidding available through Apollo Live or LiveAuctioneers, will begin at 10:30am GMT (5:30am US Eastern Time).

Rare Egyptian black granite sphynx head of pharaoh of the XXVth Dynasty (747-653 BC), probably Taharqa (690-971 BC). Size: 130mm x 120mm (5.1in x 4.7in). Weight: 2.25kg (4lbs 15oz). Provenance: The Prince Collection, 1990s-2014; ex Jack Josephson private collection. Opening bid: £20,000/$25,485

Rare Egyptian carved black stone ritual mortar, Middle Kingdom, circa 2055-1790 BC. Exterior shows standing figures, probably priests, in high relief, one wearing a long skirt, the other naked and wearing a long wig alternating to vertical lines of hieroglyphic inscription. Size: 240mm x 210mm (9.4in x 8.3in); Weight: 18.29kg (40lbs 5oz) Opening bid: £8,000/$10,195

Prior to acquisition for The Prince Collection, many of the premier holdings were the property of esteemed collectors and institutions, including Jean-Paul Barbier Mueller (1930-2016), Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014), Edith Bader Koller, W Arnold Meijer, Kurt Flimm, A Obrecht, Jacques H Carre, Jean-Marie Talleux (1930-1995), the Khawam brothers, and the Thalassic Collection.

Perhaps the top prize of the day will be the handsome Egyptian black granite sphynx head of a pharaoh of the XXVth Dynasty (747-653 BC), probably Taharqa (690-971 BC). The pharaoh's face has defined and elegant facial features, almond-shape eyes, full lips, a prominent nose, and a contemplative expression. His nemes headdress is adorned with a frontal uraeus cobra. This rare item was reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, and member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. Opening bid: £20,000/$25,485

Two notable Egyptian sandstone reliefs will be offered as consecutive lots. Lot #1 is a panel depicting the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten worshipping the ancient god Aton. This artifact is particularly significant because Akhenaten was the first to introduce monotheism in Ancient Egypt – a controversial move that led to the posthumous destruction of his monuments in an attempt to erase his religious reforms. A fortunate survivor, this relief will open for bidding at £10,000/$12,740. Lot #2, a relief depiction of two male figures, has appeared at Sotheby's twice in the past 26 years prior to joining The Prince Collection, and will open at £5,000/$6,370.

Other Egyptian highlights and their opening bids include: highly decorative alabaster jar from the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II, £8,000/$10,195; rare steatite head of the goddess Hathor, or a worshipper of Hathor, 664-332 BC, £5,000/$6,370; carved black stone ritual mortar with relief images of men, possibly priests, circa 2055-1790 BC, £8,000/$10,195; and hand-built blue faience shabti of Nesytanebetisheru, circa 1075-945 BC, £2,000/$2,550. The sale also features an exquisite array of Romano-Egyptian mosaic beads and inlays. 

Apollo Art Auctions' Sunday, December 15, 2024 Fine Ancient Art & Jewellery Auction exclusively featuring The Prince Collection will be a live gallery event with online bidding also available through Apollo's bidding platform or LiveAuctioneers. Start time: 10:30am GMT/5:30am US ET. Goods may be previewed at the gallery by appointment only, now through December 13, from 10am-5pm daily. Address: 63-64 Margaret Street, London W1W 8SW. Apollo accepts payments in GBP, USD and EUR; and ships worldwide. No import charges are assessed on most antiquities sent to the USA. All packing is handled in-house by white-gloved specialists skilled at preparing precious goods for shipment. Questions: For additional details on auction items, bidding, or in-house packing and worldwide shipping, call +44 7424 994167, email enquiries@apolloauctions.com. Online: www.apolloauctions.com 

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Reminder - ARCE Northern Cal. Lecture This Sunday by Dr. Matt Lamanna: Rediscovering Egypt's Lost Dinosaurs

The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Matt Lamanna, Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Rediscovering Egypt's Lost Dinosaurs Sunday December 15, 2024, 3 PM  Pacific Standard Time Rm 56 Social Sciences Building, UC Berkeley This is an in-person lecture and is not virtual. The lecture will not be recorded. No registration is required Reconstruction of the ~95-million-year-old ecosystem of the Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt, featuring several of its dinosaurs (Artwork by Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History) About the Lecture: Egypt's vast archaeological record and engaging material culture have long excited people around the world, but did you know that this region's history stretches back well into the Mesozoic Era, or Age of Dinosaurs? In the early 20th century, a series of German expeditions recovered fossils of several new and extraordinary ~95-million-year-old dinosaur species from the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert, most famously the enormous sail-backed semi-aquatic predator Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. Tragically, however, all these fossils were destroyed during a British Royal Air Force bombing of Munich in late April 1944. In 2000, a collaborative Egyptian-American research team became the first scientists to discover dinosaur fossils in the Bahariya Oasis in nearly a century; among these were a partial skeleton of a new and gigantic sauropod (long-necked plant-eating dinosaur) that was later named Paralititan stromeri. More recently, researchers from the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center in Mansoura, Egypt have collected additional, important dinosaur fossils from Bahariya, and moreover have expanded their paleontological efforts to include geologically younger (~75-million-year-old) sites in the Kharga and Dakhla oases. Foremost among their finds from the latter is another new sauropod, Mansourasaurus shahinae, which constitutes one of the best-preserved late Mesozoic-aged land-living backboned animals known from the entire African continent. Collectively, these discoveries have cast unprecedented light on Egypt's remarkable dinosaurs, helping to restore a scientific legacy that was lost during the Second World War. Matt Lamanna excavates the incomplete left humerus (= upper arm bone) of the gigantic, long-necked plant-eating dinosaur Paralititan stromeri in the Bahariya Oasis, February 2000 (Photo by Joshua Smith) About the Speaker: Dr. Matt Lamanna is the Mary R. Dawson Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and the senior dinosaur researcher at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally from the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, he received his B.Sc. from Hobart College in 1997 and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999 and 2004. Within the past 26 years, he has directed or co-directed field expeditions to Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, China, Croatia, Egypt, Greenland, and the western United States that have resulted in the discovery of more than 20 new species of dinosaurs and other fossil animals from the Cretaceous Period, the third and final time period of the Age of Dinosaurs; indeed, he is one of only a handful of people to have found dinosaur fossils on all seven continents. Lamanna served as chief scientific advisor to Carnegie Museum of Natural History's $36M "Dinosaurs in Their Time" exhibition and has appeared on television programs for PBS (NOVA), the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel, the History Channel, A&E, the Science Channel, and many more. ---------------------- Parking is available in UC lots all day on weekends, for a fee. Ticket dispensing machines accept debit or credit cards. Parking is available in lots around the Social Sciences Building, and in lots along Bancroft. A map of the campus is available online at http://www.berkeley.edu/map/ . About Northern California ARCE: For more information, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernCaliforniaARCE, https://facebook.com/NorthernCaliforniaARCE/, https://twitter.com/ARCENCPostings, and https://khentiamentiu.org. To join the chapter or renew your membership, please go to https://arce.org/membership/ and select "Berkeley, CA" as your chapter when you sign up.