MoAW presents
Spotlight:
TUTANKHAMUN: Wonderful Things
Treasures From The Pharaoh's Tomb
A Protective Diorama For The Afterlife
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From the artisans of the Pharaonic Village in Egypt, this dazzling collection of reproductions of Tutankhamun’s legendary treasures recreates the richest archaeological find of all time.
You'll see 124 replicas of the Pharaoh’s sacred and personal possessions (including his magnificent state chariot, golden shrines, beds, thrones, jewelry, spectacular funerary mask, and royal mummy) along with associated artifacts from the period surrounding Tutankhamun’s reign that reconstruct both the historic discovery of the tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 and the life and times of Egypt’s celebrated boy king.
An innocent puppet ruler, Tutankhamun was caught in the midst of a dangerous and profound political, spiritual, and artistic revolution against the entire pantheon of ancient Egyptian gods by the first monotheistic religious cult in history. The pharaoh’s much overlooked African heritage is explored, along with the religious magic of the sacred objects, and the infamous curse of Tutankhamun.
After creating a cavity in the doorway to illuminate the entrance of the tomb with a candle, "Can you see anything?" asked Lord Carnarvon. "Yes. Wonderful things!" exulted Howard Carter. This classic exhibition vividly brings to life the enigmatic opulent age of 18th Dynasty Egypt.
In celebration of Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb in 1922, MoAW will be sharing the TUTANKHAMUN: Wonderful Things exhibition with Turtle Bay Exploration Park located in Redding, California from March 5 through September 5, 2022, to commemorate the 100th anniversary. This comprehensive collection of stunning artifacts will return to MoAW to complete the celebration with new and enhanced acquisitions in time for the 2022-2023 school season.
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"Gracious Figures with outstretched protective arms, so natural and lifelike in their pose, so pitiful and compassionate the expressions on their faces, that one felt it almost sacrilege to look at them." - Howard Carter
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Golden Panel of
Isis and Nephthys.
In the Burial chamber, Tutankhamun’s stone sarcophagus was sealed within a succession of 4 massive, gilded wooden shrines. The rear panel of the second shrine is incised in low relief with the images of Isis and Nephthys, the sisters of Osiris, each standing on a great collar (the symbol for incorruptible gold) while fanning their benevolent wings to provide breath for the pharaoh’s revival. The inscribed incantation of Nephthys promises, “never shalt thou decay.”
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Gilt Miniature Sarcophagus
and Guardians.
Throughout the Old Kingdom, when the pharaoh owned all the wealth of the land, he alone could order the preparation of a stone sarcophagus (a Greek term for “flesh-eater”), traditionally fashioned in the shape of a temple surmounted by a cornice. Cut from a single piece of stone, the pharaoh’s massive yellow quartzite sarcophagus held the 3 coffins (one enclosed within another) that contained the mummy.
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Sculpted in high relief on each corner of the vault, the 4 tutelary deities stand guard against intruders by gracefully encircling the sarcophagus with their outspread wings. |
The top and sides are incised with columns of hieroglyphs and a single udjat-eye at the western end. A touched-up crack running across the center of the heavy stone lid, which broke when it was first lowered onto the sarcophagus, hints at the unusual haste in which the pharaoh was laid to rest.
Here watched over by the tutelary goddesses and guardian statues found in the other chambers of the tomb, this miniature sepulcher illustrates the conception of a pharaoh’s tomb as a machine, not intended as a memorial to the dead but as a functional instrument of magic to ensure eternal life after death.
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CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY EXCLUSIVELY
AT THE
MUSEUM OF ANCIENT WONDERS
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FACES OF AFRICA:
A Mystical View of
Tribal Heritage
(38 Replica Masks and Sculptures
of African Antiquity)
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TUTANKHAMUN:
"Wonderful Things"
Treasures From The Pharaoh's Tomb
(124 Egyptian replicas)
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MESOZOICA:
The Age of Dinosaurs
(Approximately 100 fossil-cast dinosaur elements and fully-mounted skeletons from around the world.)
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LUCY:
The Story of Human Origins
(Courtesy of the Institute of Human Origins and the National Museum of Ethiopia,
Addis Ababa)
On view exclusively at the
Museum of Ancient Wonders
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