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Wednesday 12 October 2011 To Live Forever moves to Frist Center

On show at the Frist Center until January 8, 2012, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum includes 109 important works from the superb collection of the Brooklyn Museum that illustrate Egyptian beliefs regarding the defeat of death and promise of the eternal afterlife.

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To Live Forever explores the ancient Egyptian belief that proper preparation could enable a person to overcome the finality of death. The objects on display, including coffins, jewels and statuary from the Brooklyn Museum’s extensive, world-renowned collection, introduce visitors to the mysteries of mummification, the funeral procession and rituals that prepared the entombed deceased for passage to the underworld, the final judgment of the gods in determining the disposition of the soul and the idealized afterlife. The objects in the exhibition were created over a period of more than 4,000 years.


To Live Forever To Live Forever Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum
Edward Bleiberg. With an essay by Kathlyn M. Cooney

Original look at the ancient Egyptian fascination with death

To Live Forever moves to Nevada

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