Mummy of Pasherienptah (detail), Excavated at Thebes, Egypt, 22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC (Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
April 11, 2017 (Tue) - July 17, 2017 (Mon)
This part intrduces artifacts from West Asia and Egypt, known as the cradle of the earliest civilization.
Current exhibit includes:
Black-topped Jar, Excavated in Egypt, Predynastic period, 4th millennium BC (Gift of Mr. B. Dean)
Copper Foundation Peg with a God's Figurine, Excavated in southern Iraq, Sumerian Early Dynastic period, 25th-24th century BC
Necklace Fragments, Excavated at Mycenae, Greece, 14th century BC (Private collection)
Alabastron, Alexandria, Egypt or Italy, 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D. (Private collection)
Mummy of Pasherienptah, Excavated at Thebes, Egypt, 22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC (Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities)
Heracles, Excavated at Hatra, Iraq, Parthian period, 1st-2nd century (Gift of Iraqi Government)