{"id":259343,"date":"2019-10-08T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=259343"},"modified":"2019-10-07T20:56:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T23:56:15","slug":"rio-venue-to-host-mega-exhibit-on-ancient-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/rio-venue-to-host-mega-exhibit-on-ancient-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio venue to host mega exhibit on Ancient Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Egyptian history is taking over Rio de Janeiro\u2019s Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil<\/em> (CCBB<\/a><\/em>) starting October 12. \u201cAncient Egypt: from day-to-day to eternity\u201d will feature 140 pieces straight from Museo Egizio<\/a>, in Turin, Italy, which boasts the second-biggest collection on Egypt in the world \u2013 trailing only the Cairo Museum, in Egypt\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

But curators Pieter Tjabbes and Paolo Marini want more. The idea is to also captivate people unfamiliar with the subject. Tjabbes explains that the exhibit will combine antiquities and \u2018instagrammable\u2019 spots conducive to photos that spread through the internet and ultimately become advertising for an event.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people aren\u2019t in the habit [of attending exhibitions], or they think exhibitions are not for them. We\u2019re trying to change that through the internet. You get more people to come this way. They want to know where this funny picture was taken, or where that place is. All of a sudden, they realize that this space is meant for them,\u201d the curator told ANBA over the phone. In the past, Tjabbes has curated shows by Jean Michel Basquiat and Mondrian at the CCBB.<\/p>\n

Apart from the original items, organizing company Art Unlimited worked for over a year to set up a mega-exhibit on the period from 4,000 to 30 BC.<\/p>\n

The show opens at 3pm as Museo Egizio director Christian Greco sits down for a chat with the audience. Admission is free, with tickets available an hour prior to the event<\/p>\n

Ancient Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Eye-shaped ‘wedjat’ amulet, from the 3rd Intermediate Period (1076-722 BC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The show will mark the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of CCBB-RJ. It will late travel to S\u00e3o Paulo, Bras\u00edlia and Belo Horizonte. \u201cThe subject matter is a very personal choice. I\u2019m an art historian and all my life I\u2019ve tried to focus on subjects that fascinate me. Ancient Egypt is one of them. Even though I\u2019m not a specialist in Egyptology, we agreed on a line of thought with the curator of Museo Egizio. I adapted the show to our Brazilian audience, the majority of whom never had any contact with Egypt, let alone Ancient Egypt,\u201d said Tjabbes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must do whatever we can so that the people who aren\u2019t habituated to this, who weren\u2019t lucky to have wealthy parents who could take them on trips and exhibitions, can feel at home too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Right at the entrance to the building there will be a replica of a 2-meter-tall statue of pharaoh Ramses II. Inside is a 6-meter-high replica of the Cheops Pyramid. Next to it is a playful room where visitors will see their faces inside the funeral mask of Tutankhamun. \u201cYou get the feeling of being in the sarcophagus. Some of the games work with people\u2019s fascination with mummies, pharaohs and pyramids. There\u2019s a place for taking pictures in front of the sphynx,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

The exhibit is divided into daily life, religion, and eternity. Each features their own set of colors and lighting. \u201cIn the temple, the further you go inside, the dimmer the light gets. You go from yellow to green to blue, and it grows darker too,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Day-to-day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A cat’s sarcophagus from the Late Period (722-332 BC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The yellow tone at the beginning also refers to the sunlight. \u201cTo show something many people forget about. It seems that they only thought about death, but it\u2019s the other way around. Apparently, Egyptians appreciated life so much they liked to think they\u2019d keep living after passing away. And every effort was to guarantee eternal life after the mummification,\u201d he considered.<\/p>\n

The daily life is presented in videos and photos \u2013 of the Nile, archeological sites, tombs, and important objects. Besides the images, there are paintings, writings, ornaments and things such as cosmetic bottles, shoes and outfits that reveal aspects of the Egyptian civilization.<\/p>\n

Religion<\/strong><\/p>\n

The green for religions takes visitors to a temple. \u201cThe most important bastions were those for economic, pollical power,\u201d Pieter points out. There, people would leave the gods offers such as small statuettes or \u2013 when one was richer \u2013 a sacred animal mummy. Egyptian religion was polytheist, marked by many major and minor deities. \u201cCats [associated to goddess Bastet] were very popular. Whey someone was richer, they would send a mummified cat inside a coffin. The one we have at the exhibit has the offeror\u2019s plead for a healthy life engraved in it,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Eternal life<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cat mummy – Unknown origin, 3rd<\/sup> century BC \u2013 3rd<\/sup> century AC<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The third room addresses funeral traditions and the afterlife. The blue for eternity shows the tombs. The exhibition features six original coffins, and one of them holds the mummy of a woman called Tararo from the 25th<\/sup> dynasty. \u201cI believe Egypt, their life concept, their religion, has everything to do with our lifestyle. Everybody has some question about what happens in the afterlife. And their fascination for this way of preserving the body, the mummification. That\u2019s why the mummy is in the end,\u201d the curator said.<\/p>\n

At last, there\u2019ll be a replica of the tomb of Nefertari, wife of Ramesses II \u2013 who\u2019s represented in the statue in the beginning of the exhibition. \u201cIt\u2019s a very accurate tomb, painted and relieved. You feel like you were in Egypt,\u201d Pieter explains.<\/p>\n

Quick Facts<\/strong>
\nAncient Egypt: From day-to-day to eternity
\nOctober 12 to January 27 \u2013 CCBB Rio de Janeiro | Rua Primeiro de Mar\u00e7o, 66 \u2013 Centro
\n+55 (21) 3808-2020 | Wednesday to Monday, 9 am to 9 pm | Free admission | All ages<\/p>\n

Lecture with Turin\u2019s Museo Egizio director Christian Greco
\nOctober 12 at 3 pm | Tickets will be issued one hour before the lecture being<\/p>\n

CCBB Rio de Janeiro: 10\/12\/2019 to 1\/27\/2020
\nCCBB S\u00e3o Paulo: 2\/29\/2020 to 5\/11\/2020
\nCCBB Distrito Federal: 6\/2\/2020 to 8\/30\/2020
\nCCBB Belo Horizonte: 9\/16\/2020 to 11\/23\/2020
\nCentro Cultural Banco do Brasil
\nFree admission<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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