To Live Forever
Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
This exhibition draws from 107 ancient Egyptian artifacts to illustrate a range of strategies the ancient Egyptians developed to cheat death. It explores mummification and the tomb rituals that assist the deceased in defying death and examines what the Egyptians believed they would find in the next world.
Art Exhibition
previously on
at
Brooklyn Museum of Art
in
New York,
United States.
From
Friday 12 February 2010 to Sunday 02 May 2010
Published by Brooklyn Museum on Monday 06 April 2009.
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The exhibition also contrasts how the rich and the poor prepared for the hereafter. The economics of the funeral are examined, including how the poor tried to imitate the costly appearance of the grave goods of the rich in order to ensure a better place in the afterlife.
