Anthropoid Coffin of the Servant of the Great Place
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Brooklyn Museum 2009 United States
Teti New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1339 B.C. - 1307 B.C.
Wood, painted
33 1/4 x 18 13/16 x 81 1/2 in. (84.5 x 47.8 x 207 cm)
Place purchased: Thebes, Egypt, Africa
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
To Live Forever
Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Friday 12 February 2010 to Sunday 02 May 2010
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.
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.
Location
Brooklyn Museum of Art200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052
Brooklyn Precinct
New York
United States
