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Do please send me details and links  to interesting  exhibitions.

United Kingdom

From portland

For those of you in or near London

The Association for the History of Glass

 Glass of theRoman Empire and Elsewhere

A celebration of the contribution of Jennifer Price to the study of archaeological glass

Tuesday and Wednesday 14th and 15th March 2006

10.00-16.30

at 

The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square,

London W1

  Meeting fee: £40 for AHG members, £45 for non-members, £20 for students, to include tea/coffee each day and a wine reception on the Tuesday evening.

FINAL PROGRAMME

Tuesday March 14th

10.00   Registration and tea/coffee

10.30   Opening remarks (Ian Freestone)

10.40   Marianne Stern:      East or West - Roman Glass is Best

11.20   Birgitta Hoffmann: Glass from Fezzan. Libya

11.50   Souen D. Fontaine and Danielle Foy: Mould-blown Glass Beakers with Figurative

Scenes: New Data on the Narbonensis Province

12.30   Lunch Break

14.30   Marie-Do Nenna:     Primary Glass Workshops and Glass Craftsmanship in Graeco-

Roman Egypt

15.00   Yael Israeli:              More on the Jerusalem Glass Workshop: Questions and Speculations

15.30   John Shepherd:         The Glassworkers of Londinium

16.00   Martine Newby:       Roman Glass Souvenirs

16.30   Reception

Wednesday March 15th

10.15  Sylvia Fuenfschilling: The Re-Use of Roman Glass Fragments

10.45   Caroline Jackson: Sayre and Smith Revisited

11.15   Tea/Coffee

11.45  Hilary Cool:            Vessels and Their People: Beyond Provenance and Typology

12.15  Daniel Keller:          Roman Glass in the Domestic Space: from Pompeii to Ephesos and

Petra

12.45   Lunch Break

14.00  David Whitehouse:   The Use of the Pontil in the Roman Empire

14.30   Justine Bayley:         Opaque Coloured Glass in the Roman World

15.00   Tea/Coffee

15.30  Peter Cosyns:           Beyond the Channel! That's Quite a Different Matter. A Comparison

of Roman Black Glass from Britannia and Gallia

16.00   Ian Freestone:          Continent to Consumer - New Approaches to the Scientific Analysis of

Roman Glass

16.30  Concluding remarks

For further information please contact: martine.newby@virgin.net     Tel. +44 (0)20 7624 0192

For information about the Wallace Collection see: www.wallacecollection.org

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       From David G

12th January

I just wanted to let you know of an exhibition being held at Prescot Museum just outside of Liverpool, running between 17th January - 23rd April 2006. It is called 'Land of the Pharaohs' and it is made up of a range of Ancient Egyptian objects from four North-Western Museums. The objects help to illustrate various aspects of life and death in Ancient Egypt, and range from Predynastic pottery to a number of examples of Roman Period jewellery, including a selection of items from Amarna and a collection of small bronzes of various Gods. There are also a number of interactive activities to have a go at, primarily aimed at children but anyone can have a play. It is a small but very interesting exhibition well worth a visit for anyone interested in Ancient Egypt and is in the area. The complete exhibition can also be seen at the Atkinson Art Gallery from mid-May to around the beginning of July.

Prescott museum, 34 Church Street, Prescott, Knowsley, Liverpool.

TEL: 0151 430 7787

I WILL BE UPDATING THIS PAGE FOR 2006 VERY SOON!

Edinburgh

An exact replica of an Egyptian burial chamber is to form the centrepiece of a major new exhibition in Edinburgh.

The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmosis III, known as the Napoleon of ancient Egypt, is to be built in the City Arts Centre.

The replica of the burial chamber, the original of which was discovered in 1898 halfway up a cliff-face in the Valley of the Kings, comes from a detailed laser copy made by Madrid-based company Factum Arte.

Hi,

I am just following up on information sent previously on our major

exhibition, Immortal Pharaoh: The Tomb of Thutmose III, which runs until

8 January at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. This is a UK exclusive

and is the start of a European tour.

The centrepiece of the exhibition is an exact and to scale

reconstruction of the great pharaoh's tomb located in the Valley of the

Kings

(photo attached). The scale and quality of the reconstruction of the

tomb is amazing and you could easily forget that you are in Edinburgh

and not ancient Egypt!. The tomb is intriguing as the walls are

inscribed with the book of the netherworld, the Amduat, which describes

the pharaohs nocturnal 12 hour journey from death to rising again and

becoming a sun god (I have attached a detail from the walls of the

tomb). The exhibition also includes a broad selection of impressive

artefacts which illustrate the themes of the Amduat and the rituals

surrounding burial, mummification and the belief in resurrection.

The idea of creating a replica of an ancient tomb is noteworthy if even

for the conservational benefits of enabling thousands of visitors to

explore the tomb without damaging the original.

I have attached information on our lectures and workshops programme

which I hope will be of interest to your members and I would be grateful

if you could pass on these details. We have organised many Egyptian

inspired workshops (including Papyrus Picture and Egyptian Mask Making)

and a really popular Gallery Trail for families and children - all free

with the price of the ticket. A programme of lectures have also been

organised to coincide with the exhibition.

Further information including prices and opening hours can be found on

our website www.cac.org.uk.

I hope this exhibition will be of interest and I would be grateful if

you could forward this information to relevant parties. My contact

number is 0131 529 3992 and please contact me with any queries or

thoughts.

Warm regards

Eithne

Eithne Ní Chonghaile

Marketing Officer

City of Edinburgh Council

Culture & Leisure

Tel: 0131 5293992

London

7000 Years Of Chinese Jade: From The Collection Of Sir Joseph Hotung

A special long-term display illustrating the history of jade in ancient China from Neolithic times until the present .

The British Museum

Tel: (44) 20 7323-8525

Web: www.british-museum.ac.uk

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham

Sudan: Ancient Treasures

12 March to 30 October 2005.

Includes objects from the Sudan National Museum, Khartoum, and this is only the second venue after its opening at the BM last year.

A full programme of lectures and events accompanies the exhibition.

For details phone 01833 690606

info@bowesmuseum.org.uk

www.bowesmuseum.org.uk

The Royal Pump Room Museum Harrogate

Discover Ancient Egypt

16th April to 4th September 2005.

Details 01423 556188,

museums@harrogate.gov.uk

www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums

Otterburn, Northumberland

Brigantium

A fairly new outdoor archaeological reconstruction centre near to the remains of the Roman fort of Bremenium It features re-constructions from the Mesolithic times to the Roman era including Iron Age defences, and also a Bronze Age burial cairn. There is an education centre with interactive displays and experimental pottery kiln

Tel: (44) 1830 520 801

Web: www.brigantium.co.uk

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France

Bibracte in Burgundy

Celtic museum

A new museum of the Celtic civilisation includes objects from France, Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia, Budapest, and the Mediterranean region. Bibracte is part of a huge Celtic fortified area with most of its fortifications still fairly intact.

Musée Celtique De Bibracte

Tel: (33) 85 865-235

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Netherlands

Amsterdam

Greek Gold: From The Treasure Chambers Of The Hermitage

100 pieces of golden jewellery, and several spectacular wreaths. The first exhibition at a new outpost of the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg from which these pieces have been come.

Hermitage Amsterdam

Tel: (31) 20 530 8751

Web: www.hermitage.nl

Dates: Until 29 August

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Italy

Naples

Men, Myths And Theatre

An exhibition examining the representation of Greek theatre on Attic and South Italian vases from the museum’s own collection.

Civiche Raccolte Archeologiche E Numismatiche Di Milano

Tel: (39) 028 053-972

Dates: Until 31 May

Teramo

The Origins Of Power: Arslantepe, The Hill Of Lions

200 objects selected from artefacts from of 40 years of Italian archaelogical excavations at the site of Arslantepe at Malatya in Turkey.

Pinacoteca Civica

Tel: (39) 0861 247772

Dates: Until 25 July (and then to Rome in September)

   From attalos

Hi Bron,

I saw you added some information about an exhibition (Attenti al cane!) actually in Milan's Archaeological Museum.

If you are interested there are two links to that exhibition:

http://www.comune.milano.it/WebCity/documenti.nsf/0/83427202B7C1A3D2C1256B4F003868A2?opendocument

(where you'll find a booklet about that in pdf format with images).

http://www.archeogate.it/classica/event.php?id=252

other images.

Cheers,

A.

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Denmark

Copenhagen

Ancient Cyprus At The Danish National Museum: The A.G. Leventis Gallery

A new permanent display of ancient Cypriot art dating from 2500 BC to the Iron Age. Includes sculptures excavated from the Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos, Rhodes, in 1902-1914.

Danish National Museum

Tel: (45) 3313 4411

Web: www.natmus.dk

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Switzerland

Basel

Tutankhamun, The Golden Beyond: Treasures From The Valley of the Kings

A selection of approximately fifty treasures, from the tomb of Tutankhamun, and 70 objects from other 18th Dynasty tombs in the Valley of the Kings, with an emphasis on those of Yuya and Tuyu.

Antikenmuseum Und Sammlung Ludwig

Tel: (41) 61 271 220

Web: www.antikenmuseumbasel.ch

Dates: Until 3 October

Notes: Only European venue

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Germany

Hildesheim, Niedersachsen

Egypt: 5000 Years Of History And Culture Of The Pharaonic Kingdoms

A very fine Egyptian collection reopened in March 2001 after renovation.

Roemer-Und-Pelizaeus-Museum

Tel: (49) 5121 93 690

Web: http://www.rpmuseum.de/ 

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Israel

Jerusalem

Dragons, Monsters, And Fabulous Beasts

An exhibition exploring the composite creatures of the ancient mythologies of Greece, Rome, and the near east. The exhibition includes a fabulous panel of glazed tiles from the Ishtar Gate of Babylon.on loan from the Vorderasiastische Museum, Berlin, It shows a Mushushu: the serpent-dragon of the Babylonian god Marduk.

Biblelands Museum

Tel: (972) 2561-1066

Web: www.blmj.org

Dates: Until December

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Egypt

Cairo

Roman Egypt

A new exhibition, in Hall 34 of the museum, showing Romano-Egyptian sculpture and mosaics selected for this special exhibition to mark the year-long 2004 Egyptian-Italian Cultural Festival.

The Egyptian Museum

Tel: (20) 2 575-7035

Dates: Until 31 December

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United States

Baltimore

Art Of The Americas

More than 120 objects on loan by the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation. All of the major civilisations of Mesoamerica are featured, including Olmec, Maya, and Teotihuacan

The Walters Art Museum

Tel: (1) 410 547-9000

Web: www.thewalters.org

Dates: Until 30 September 2012

Boston

Chinese Jades From The Hartman Collection

From the private collection of Alan and Simone Hartman are over 200 vessels, animals, pendants, and scholar’s objects from the 4^th millennium BC to the 18th century;

Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston

Tel: (1) 617 267-9300

Web: www.mfa.org

Dates: Until 22 August

Egyptian Late Period

A wide ranging exhibition the newly renovated gallery from 664 BC to c. AD 250. One pof the high;ights is the newly acquired stone head of Nectanebo II.

Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston

Tel: (1) 617 267-9300

Web: www.mfa.org

New York

Egypt Reborn: Art For Eternity

This is the fabulous e re-installation of one of the world’sNorth finest collections of ancient Egyptian works. The newly designed galleries allow of nearly twice the number of pieces as were shown on dsiplay previously. Some pieces had previously been in storage for more than a century! More than 600 works now document Egyptian art from the pre-dynastic period to the reign of Amenhotep III.

The Brooklyn Museum

Tel: (1) 718 638-5000

Web: www.brooklynart.org

Cedar Rapids

Villa To Grave: Roman Art And Life

150 objects,selected from midwestern museums, exhibited with a series of 21 Roman marble portraits, donated to the museum by Tom and Nan Riley.

Cedar Rapids Museum Of Art

Tel: (1) 319 366-7503

Web: www.crma.org

Dates: Until 25 August 2005

Houston

The Centaur’s Smile: The Human Animal In Early Greek Art

Focusing primarily on Greek art from the late Geometric to Early Classical periods (750-450BC) the exhibition includes painted ceramics from Corinth, Athens, Sparta, and Ionia, all of which portray Greek myths relevant to its theme. The exhibition also looks at the antecedent works from Egypt and the Near East, to show how prototypes of the Greek representations can be seen centuries earlier. The exhibition goes on to reveal the manner in which the composite creature was further transformed by Italian artisans, including Etruscan objects produced under influence from Greek models.

Museum Of Fine Arts

Tel: (1) 713 639-7300

Web: www.mfah.org

Dates: Until 16 May

Machu Picchu: Unveiling The Mystery Of The Incas

An exhibition of over 400 objects from the Yale Peabody museum, other North American institutions and museums in Peru and Europe. Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham led the first expedition to this famous site in 1911. It is now understood as a country estate for the Inca elite. The exhibition includes artefacts in gold, silver, ceramic, and bone; textiles; and a selection of Bingham’s 11,000 documentary photographs.

Houston Museum Of Natural Science

Tel: (1) 713 639-4601

Web: www.hmns.org

Dates: 12 June - 29 August (then to Chicago)

Peruvian Family Claim Machu Picchu !!  22/03/2005

• Peru's poor Zavaleta family has only one thing to say to the thousands of tourists who trek along the Inca trail to the renowned citadel Machu Picchu every year: "Hey you, get off our land!"
  
  The family says it is the lawful owner of a large part of the Machu Picchu sanctuary, Peru's most famous national treasure, and will start proceedings next week to sue the state for recognition of its ownership rights.
  
  "The Zavaletas bought the land in 1944 and have title deeds that date from 1898," their lawyer Fausto Salinas told Reuters on Monday. "But I have checked and the site has been private property since 1657," he said, adding he had proof in the form of parchment documents wrapped in goatskin.
  
  American explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in Peru's southern Andes under thick forest in 1911. The pre-Columbian ruins of an entire city are perched on a mountain saddle 8400 feet above sea level near the modern city of Cuzco.
  
  It was probably the sanctuary of Inca emperor Pachacutec and lay at the heart of the Inca empire, which at the start of the 15th Century stretched from Colombia to northern Argentina.
  
  Machu Picchu has become South America's best-known archeological site and attracts almost half a million tourists every year.
  
  The Zavaletas plan to sell the land if their title is recognised. "There is a lot of foreign interest," Julio Zavaleta said.
  
  Peru's National Culture Institute, which runs and maintains Machu Picchu, declined to comment.