Antiquities Exhibits

Golden Mummies of Egypt opening February 8, 2020 at the Buffalo Museum of Science in Buffalo, New York. Golden Mummies of Egypt examines hopes and fears about the afterlife when Egypt was part of the Greek and Roman worlds (c. 300 BC-200 AD). Wealthy members of this multicultural society had their mummified bodies encased in gold in hopes of joining the gods after death. The exhibition consists of over 100 key objects from the Manchester Museum’s world-class collection, including eight mummies, as well as masks, coffins, jewelry and sculpture. Blending Egyptian, Roman and Greek imagery, the strikingly lifelike painted mummy portraits are among the most haunting images from the Ancient World. If you can't make it to Buffalo, New York, you'll have another opportunity to see it at the North Carolina Museum of Art from September 19, 2020 – January 10, 2021.

Classical art of ancient Greece and Rome. Ongoing. At the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Head of a Woman in the Guise of a Goddess 1st century CE copper alloy and silver.  Image courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina The influence of other Mediterranean civilizations—such as ancient Egypt—is often visible in Greek, Roman or Cypriot art, attesting not only to the cultural and commercial exchanges throughout the region, but also to the Greek colonization of North Africa and Western Asia during the Hellenistic period and the vastness of the Roman Empire. In this exhibit, visitors can compare the Figure of a Youth from Cyprus with the Egyptian Figure of a Man, and note the Greek Hydria (probably from Egypt) as well as the Egypto-Roman statuette of Aphrodite-Isis. Many works of classical art also bring to life ancient personalities, such as Marcus Aurelius in this museum's portrait of the emperor and the playwrights...