Hi everyone. Happy Friday. I hope everyone's temperatures are warming up, and unlike me, every one is feeling great. I came down with a major head cold this past week that has wiped me out. I'm grateful it is just a cold and nothing more serious, and I'm already on my way to feeling better. 👍 If I haven’t commented on your blog, that’s why
Last week (as some of you may have already read earlier this week), I visited Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). Some friends and I drove down to go see the Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore exhibit.
The tickets for this exhibit were timed and we arrived 90 minutes early, which was OK since we could visit a few other parts of the museum. I think everyone had gone to see the O'Keeffe and Moore exhibit (which was a mob scene), so the rest of the museum was wonderfully empty. 😏 One area I wanted to visit the Egyptian area, which isn't large, but had lots of faces. Here's a few items I took photos of.
I'll be these linking up to Gillena's Friday Lunch Break and also to Nicole's Friday Face Off.
Much of the MFA's collection comes from Dr. George A. Reisner's Egyptian archaeological digs (1905-1942). Reisner worked on behalf of both Harvard and the museum. Some items were gifts from other sources. According to the MFA website, they have an agreement with the Egyptian government to have these finds on display.
Some of these items came from around the year 2000 BCE. I never think of the Ancient Egyptian Period lasting that long, but it went on for a little over 3,000 years. Add the 2,000 plus years since we went from BCE to CE, and that makes some items 4-5,000 years old. Holy cow. Compare that to our modern world and boy it was a long long time ago.
This next statue was very large, and you can see how it was reassembled.
Below, the inside of a painted wooden coffin. Years ago when I visited I was interested in the eyes on the bottom. I was told that they were so the dead could see outside of their coffin.
That's all for me today. Hopefully since I wasn't feeling perfect this post makes sense when you read it. 👍And have a super start to your weekend.
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The details in the decorative work in the coffin and on the man's collar .. are SO finally painted. Imagine how carefully the artists had to work.
Egyptian antiquities hold a special fascination for the world, and it looks like the museum in Boston has a fine collection. I remember the excitement surrounding the King Tut travelling exhibits a few years ago. It’s likely that many people first learned from those many artifacts and thereby developed a basic understanding of ancient Egyptian culture. I hope that your nasty cold has gone away - in the opposite direction from me. All the best - David
That coffin is definitely unique. Have a fabulous weekend!
...all are a bit before my time. Be warm and well.
Oh wow what an awesome event at this museum-I enjoyed the photos. Glad to read you are feeling better Happy Friday Hugs Kathy
A wonderful visit and great faces! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
I love Egyptian things.
In answer to your question on my blog - I dyed the fabric on the left, the one on the right is a commercial fabric (don't know where I got it though)
Impressive exhibition of Egypt antiques and O'Keefe's realism and abstrakt and Moore's many kind of art, for sure.
Enjoy the weekend; hopefully it's better than our rainy 👍🏼❤️
Wow!! Creativity spans ages.
Thanks for linkingbto AFFF today.
Much♡love
Looks like a great time of the year to visit a museum for sure! Love what you've discovered there! Glad you're feeling better and happy weekend!
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