Delve into Death Magic from Ancient Egypt
Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 27 July, for a program that takes an in-depth look at the exhibition ‘Death Magic’, currently on show at the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney.
The Nicholson Museum is Australia’s oldest University museum and home to the largest collection of antiquities in the Southern Hemisphere.
I’ll be chatting with Senior Curator Michael Turner about this exhibition, which explores the many fascinating aspects of Ancient Egyptian death and funereal symbology, mythology and everyday practices.
More on the exhibition here: https://sydney.edu.au/museums/exhibitions-events/death-magic.shtml
More on the Nicholson here: https://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections/nicholson.shtml
And the music? We’ll be listening to powerful music that will keep you spellbound!
As always, I look forward to your company, 10:30 to noon.
Jane
Caption: Michael Turner, Snr Curator of the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney, with a carved granite capital depicting the goddess Hathor
Coffins of a female Chantress of Amun Ra (left) and a male priest from Thebes (Luxor), dating from 100BC and 750-700 BC