Egypt - Finestre sull'Arte

Administrative documents on pottery from ancient Egypt: the ostrakas of Oxyrhynchus

The Egyptological Collections of theUniversity of Pisa, part of the Athenaeum Museum System, preserve a most precious treasure for the study of Egyptian society: they are the ostrakas of Ossirinco, which represent an extraordinary body of historical,...
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Egypt, in Luxor Zahi Hawass discovers 1,500 decorated blocks and the remains of the temple of Hatshepsut

A joint archaeological mission led by the Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage and the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt has made obvious discoveries near the processional ramp of Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir El-Bahari in...
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Egypt, monumental entrance to an ancient Ptolemaic temple discovered

In Egypt, at Athribis, a village near Sohag, not far from Cairo, archaeologists from theUniversity of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities have made an exceptional discovery: excavations have in fact uncovered the entrance t...
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At the Royal Museums of Turin a dossier exhibition on Cleopatra, between history and myth

To the figure of Cleopatra, the famous queen of Egypt, a woman of extraordinary charm and power, whose events have inspired illustrious writers such as William Shakespeare, Théophile Gautier and George Bernard Shaw, as well as numerous artists...
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How to explore the complexity of the Egyptians: talks Paolo Marini (Egyptian Museum)

Paolo Marini is an Egyptologist whose career is distinguished by the link between academic research and curating international exhibitions. A graduate and Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Pisa, Marini has developed an interest in Egyptian g...
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Rare discovery in Egypt: here is the tomb of the governor's daughter

Important archaeological discovery in Egypt, where an Egyptian-German archaeological mission led by Sohag University and the Free University of Berlin has discovered, inside the tomb of Governor Djefai-Hapi in the Assiut region (which Djefai-Hapi adm...
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Egypt, military fort discovered: it was to defend the Egyptians from the mysterious Sea Peoples

Archaeological discovery in Egypt, where the archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities led by archaeologist Ahmed Said Al-Kharadli has uncovered a set of mud-brick architectural units used in ancient times as a military fort, which...
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Egyptian Museum moves to Versilia: Turin-based institute brings exhibition to Forte dei Marmi

Egypt on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Egyptian Museum of Turin taking a vacation in Versilia. Indeed, the Versilia summer will be under the banner of the ancient Eg yptians with the exhibition The Egyptians and the Gifts of the Nile, sche...
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