The exhibition’s namesake, Ramses II, was a pharaoh typical of the New Kingdom, a golden age characterised by military expansion, lucrative trade and spectacular art and architecture. Image credits: courtesy World Heritage Exhibitions The objects range from the Old Kingdom (2686BCE–2181BCE) through to Roman times, with a strong focus on Egypt’s New Kingdom period (roughly 1550BCE–1069BCE).Ī sandstone statue depicting Khaemwaset, the fourth son of Ramses II, in a kneeling pose A gilded wooden mask from the coffin of the pharaoh Amenemope, with an inlaid uraeus – rearing cobra – on its forehead. Among the 4500- to 2000-year-old ancient Egyptian artefacts are funerary masks and sacred amulets, a menagerie of mummified animals, collars and bracelets festooned with semiprecious gemstones, painted limestone reliefs and faience tiles, diadems, and a gold uraeus – the rearing cobra on a pharaoh’s headdress – inlaid with lapis lazuli and amazonite. The much-anticipated Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs opens at the Australian Museum (AM) in Sydney on 18 November, representing the largest cultural exhibition Australia has received in more than a decade. Just as Australia declares war on cats, with the release of the federal government’s draft feral-cat management program, a blockbuster exhibition venerating these mammals arrives in New South Wales.
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