Antiquities Exhibits

Egypt's Lost Cities through April 12, 2020 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. The Stele of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, an 18-ton monolith, one of the 250 artifacts in the "Egypt's Lost Cities" exhibit excavated from the ancient towns of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus in Egypt, now greets visitors to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus, once bustling cities on E gypt's north coast, sank into the Mediterranean Sea about 1,200 years ago, casualties of rising sea levels, earthquakes and tidal waves. They remained lost until 2000, when they were uncovered by French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio, founding president of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology. The exhibition includes gold coins and jewelry, bronze vessels, and a 16-foot tall 8-ton red granite statue of the god Hapi. In addition to artifacts recovered by Goddio, other artifacts from museums in Cairo and Alexandria wil...

Pompeii: The Exhibit through April 21, 2019 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Pair of Bronze Gladiator Shin Guards from the Gladiators' Barracks in Pompeii Roman 1st century CE. These elaborately decorated shin guards depict a procession in a celebration of Bacchus, Bacchus' tutor Silenus, masks of the god and a lion skin symbolic of Hercules. The lower portion depicts a stork fighting a snake to protect her children. Photographed at "Pompeii: The Exhibit" at Pacific Science Center in Seattle Washington. Pompeii: The Exhibit features over 150 authentic artifacts on loan from the renowned Naples National Archaeological Museum in Italy, including wall-sized frescos, marble and bronze sculptures, jewelry, ancient Roman coins, and full body casts of the volcano’s victims. Note: I saw this exhibit a couple of years ago at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington. It is a fascinating exhibit and I was particularly ...