"The British Museum is delighted to present Pharaoh - Our first collaborative Exhibition with National Gallery of Victoria"
500 Items spanning 3000 years on exhibition in Melbourne.
Having been privileged to see the Tutankhamun Exhibit at the Melbourne Museum in 2011 (and not permitted to take photographs) I was excited to attend this exhibit.
It was awesome -
From the Grandest Statue.
(Statue Pharaoh Ramses II as a High Priest.)
1279 - 1213 BCE
To the smallest bead,
(This Spacer Bead - used to separate several strands of Beads). 1069 - 656 BCE
And QR Codes to See the Back of things...
(Which BTW still works - so try it!)
The Kids also had easier to understand explanations.
Eyes that gaze across the Centuries.
Mentuhotep II
c 2055 - 2004 BCE
Hoping for Immortality after death.
He lived and died 2000 years before Christ.
To have His Name and deeds not forgotten.
Surely this is immortality.
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With so many exhibits
I couldn't read all the detail plaques, so decided to buy the souvenir book.
267 pages of Photos, Maps, History and in-depth background information. It complimented the Exhibit perfectly.
