Thursday, June 16, 2011

Coffin of the Lady of the House, Weretwahset, Reinscribed for Bensuipet..., Ca. 1292-1190, B.C.E.

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A typical coffin set would have included a coffin lid and a separate mummy board. In the original coffin set for Weretwahset the lid and b...

Edward Bleiberg on the Oldest Work in To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

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Female Figure From Ma'mariya. Predynastic Period, Naqada IIa (circa 3500-3400 B.C.). Terracotta, painted.

Zahi Hawass on King Tut: The Boy King's Treasures (New Kingdom)

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Docent Note: Egyptian Cosmetics and Hygiene, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

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by Joan Elder Egyptian Cosmetics Cosmetics, discovered in tombs and on the bodies of both men and women, have been found dating back to ...

Tour Framework: To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum Tour Framework

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Sarcophagus Lids for Pa-di-Djehuti and Pa-di-Inpu , ca. 305-30 B.C.E. These two large stone sarcophagus lids were made for a wealthy royal ...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Docent Note: A Very Very Brief Egyptian Timeline, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

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by Kathleen Durham “ Egypt is a gift of the Nile .”  – Herodotus, 450 BCE Egypt is a desert country with only a tiny percentage of habit...

Docent Note: A Glossary of Terms, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

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by Kathleen Durham AMDUAT A New Kingdom funerary text which names the friends and allies to be found in each of the twelve hours of the nig...

Docent Note: A Partial List of Egyptian Gods, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

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By Kathleen Durham Note : Listed here are only gods who are mentioned in the exhibition catalog. There were hundreds of gods in ancient Eg...

To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum Introduction and Text Panels

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Introduction Two of the main ancient Egyptian cultural beliefs that have endured for thousands of years are a belief in the afterlife, and t...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

How to Cuddle with an Elephant Seal

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Docent Kate Fotopolous found this video in a search related to the Joan Myers Wondrous Cold exhibition. An entertaining look at some of the...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Did You Know? :: Jean-Michel Basquiat, "Flash in Naples," 1983

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Jean-Michel Basquiat was an artist from Brooklyn, New York. He was born December 22, 1960; he died August 12, 1988, after a short but meteor...

Did You Know? :: Pablo Picasso, "Musical Instruments and Fruit Bowl on a Pedestal," 1913

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Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso, known as P...

Thinking about the Altered Landscape

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Patricia Nelson Limerick’s essay in NMA’s 1999 book The Altered Landscape considers the meaning of the word ‘altered’ as it is used to des...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Did You Know? Tim Hawkinson: Totem

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BIOGRAPHY Tim Hawkinson was born in 1960 in San Francisco. He graduated from Cal State San Jose and later earned his MFA from UCLA. He curr...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Views from China: Yang Yongliang and the Modern Metropolis

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Did You Know? :: Views from China: Yang Yongliang and the Modern Metropolis Yang Yongliang, Viridescence, Stock World , 2009. Inkjet print o...