Antiquities Exhibits

Ancient Art from the Palace of Ramesses III at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Ramesses III was the last great military pharaoh of the New Kingdom. In his fifth year on the throne he defeated the Libyans and brought them back to Egypt as slaves. In his eighth year he faced an even greater threat: a confederation of displaced eastern Mediterranean tribes on the move, including Greeks and Philistines, known  collectively as the Sea Peoples. Fresh from their victory over the Hittites, the Sea Peoples attempted to invade Egypt with the intention of settling there. Ramesses roundly defeated them both by sea and by land, recording his victories on the walls of his mortuary temple at Medinet Habu, "United with Eternity," which remains the best-preserved royal mortuary temple on the west bank of Thebes. Images: Tiles depicting a Hittite chief, a Nubian Chief, and a Syrian Chief recovered from the Palace of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, Egyp...

Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display. Opening Saturday, February 23, 2019 at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mummies and artifacts tell archaeologists about what life was like in ancient Egypt, but what happens to an object before it goes on exhibit at a museum? Peel back the curtain for a unique view of more than 200 objects from the Museum's renowned Egyptian collection. This 6,000-square-foot exhibition i ntroduces visitors to the history of ancient Egypt and includes elements of visible artifact storage and active conservation of Museum objects - offering an insider's view into how objects are researched and cared for before they are put on display. Ramesses III Dynasty 20 1187-1156 BCE photographed at the Penn Museum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Child mummy from the Greco-Roman Period photographed at the Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania