Antiquities Exhibits

Newly reinstalled! Art of the ancient Mediterranean. Ongoing. At the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey. The mummy case of Henet-Mer 21st dynasty 1075-945 BCE.  Image courtesy of the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey. The Newark Museum's art of the ancient Mediterranean cultures—Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Rome—includes one of the finest collections of ancient glass in the nation as well as classical antiquities that illustrate glassmaking over a 2,500 year period. The Egyptian Collection features the mummy case of Henet-Mer (pictured above), as well as sculpture, writing and funerary objects that provide a view of life in ancient Egypt, from Neolithic times through the Roman period. Unusual holdings of the Coptic art of Christian Egypt include rare textiles, pottery, sculpture and paintings. Sculpture from Greece, Rome, Cyprus and Etruria are also important pieces in the collections.

Ancient Civilizations. Ongoing. At the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania.  4th century BCE Bronze Pseudo-Corinthian or Italo-Corinthian Helmet.  Image courtesy of the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania The Reading Museum's antiquities collection include an array of artifacts from Egypt, Greece, Rome and other civilizations around the Mediterranean. Their Egyptian collection is comprised of amulets, votive sculptures, and a full length cartonnage mummy case of the 8th century BCE Lady Tadiashaikhet. Their Greco-Roman collection encompasses  a wide variety of ceramic vessels, Roman portrait heads, bronze lamps, Roman glass and this 4th century BCE Pseudo-Corinthian or Italo-Corinthian Helmet in excellent condition. The museum points out "During the 5th century BC this type of helmet was adapted by the Etruscans, who frequently depicted it in amphorae painting and on sarcophagi. Out of combat, soldiers often wore the helmet tipped upward for...