Art Pick | 'Excavating Egypt'
Posted on Fri, Jun. 27, 2008
The Painted Dyad can be seen at the Lowe Art Museum as part of the Excavating Egypt exhibit.
He was the inspiration for the Indiana Jones character, but never mind the fiction. Some of the real treasures unearthed by British archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie can be seen in a traveling exhibition opening at the Lowe Art Museum Saturday .
Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaelogy, University College, London, tells the story of Petrie's explorations of ancient Egyptian civilization, and showcases 221 of his most significant finds, never before seen by the public. Among them is Painted Dyad, above, a double statuette of husband and wife painted on limestone, with seven vertical columns of hieroglyphic prayers on the back. It's described as a tomb decoration, and before it, visitors paid their respects to the couple and left offerings. It dates back to the end of the 18th Dynasty, between 1295 and 1550 BC.
Excavating Egypt is on exhibit through Nov. 2 at the University of Miami's Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Dr., Coral Gables; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; noon to 7 p.m. Thursday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday;
$10 adults, $5 seniors and students with ID; children under 12 free; 305-284-3535 or www.lowemuseum.org.
-- FABIOLA SANTIAGO
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