RT Article
T1 The Egyptian Gallery of the Oriental Institute Museum Reopens
JF Near Eastern archaeology
VO 62
IS 2
SP 93
OP 100
A1 Teeter, Emily
LA English
PB University of Chicago Press
YR 1999
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1797289160
AB After a three-year closure, the completely renovated Egyptian gallery of the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago has reopened. Displaying a portion of the approximately 25,000 objects in the Institute's Egyptian collection, the gallery now gives pride of place to a colossal statue of King Tutankhamun that, at 5.3 m tall, towers over the entrance. The gallery's introductory section on chronology presents the most characteristic objects of each period. Curators arranged the rest of the gallery thematically, with the major subdivisions being daily life and funerary beliefs. The exhibition encourages visitors to make connections between the ancient and modern world.
DO 10.2307/3210704