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Discovering Ancient Egypt

Queensland Museum

Discovering Ancient Egypt exhibition is set to captivate audiences as it uncovers the mysteries of one history’s most fascinating civilisations when it opens at Queensland Museum from October 25. 

Discovering Ancient Egypt Queensland Museum

Featuring more than 200 objects spanning 3000 years, the exhibition allows visitors to step into the world of pharaohs, gods, and hieroglyphs, and explore meticulously curated artefacts, and intricate objects that offer a glimpse into the daily lives, beliefs, and innovations of the ancient Egyptians.

Discovering Ancient Egypt Queensland Museum

This exhibition also offers audiences a rare insight into the mysteries of the afterlife with five sarcophaguses respectfully displayed. 

Discovering Ancient Egypt Queensland Museum

Visitors will be able to peel back the layers of history through recent CT scans conducted on Egyptian mummified human and animal remains, with the results of the analysis being made public in Australia for the first time via a cutting-edge digital interactive.

Discovering Ancient Egypt Queensland Museum

Other highlights include colourful papyrus sheets of the Egyptian Book of the Dead; a sizable collection of exquisitely painted funerary coffins; and a group of beautifully carved statues from the Saqqara necropolis.

The collection, considered among the top 10 Egyptian collections worldwide outside its country of origin, is on tour from the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) as part of a collaboration between the Western Australian Museum, National Museum of Australia, and Queensland Museum.

Need to know - Pre-sale tickets available from Wednesday August 28

Images and info supplied by Queensland Museum

Discovering Ancient Egypt

Queensland Museum 

Melbourne St

Cnr Grey St

South Brisbane

From Oct 25, 2024

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