Exhibition portraying ties between ancient cultures opens in U.S.

CAIRO – 5 September 2017: Two exhibitions will be held in the U.S. entitled, “Egypt and the Classic World: Cultures in Contact”, October 2017 to September 2018. A number of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Etruscan objects will be displayed.

The Field Museum in Chicago, IL, U.S.A. will organize the exhibition about the economic and cultural ties between the ancient Mediterranean cultures from October 20, 2017 to April 29, 2018.

Each individual piece in the exhibition has a much larger story to tell: a Roman-period mummy from Egypt, an Etruscan vase made in the Greek style, and the crowning of Greek and Roman leaders as pharaohs challenge what we have come to believe about these ancient nations and the world we live in today, according to the museum’s official website.

Also, The Getty Center in Los Angeles will host an exhibition about Ancient Egyptian Civilization from March 27, 2018 to September 9, 2018.

The exhibition aims to show the influence of the Egyptian civilization on the other classic or ancient Mediterranean cultures such as the Greek and the Roman.

From the Late Bronze Age to the Post Roman Era, 200 historical artifacts will be displayed such as pottery, portrays, and religious icons.

The Central Archeological Center of Greece has previously sent 20 historical antiquities to be exhibited in the museum.

All three civilizations have shared common aspects throughout history that involved location and military invasion.

Egypt was invaded by Alexander the great in 323 B.C. to be a part of his Greek kingdom for more than three centuries.

After the famous Actium battle, Egypt becomes a part of the Roman kingdom in 31 B.C.

The forms of cultural exchange between the Greek, Roman, and Egyptian cultures were shaped artistically in forms such as pottery and painting.

The upcoming “Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World” exhibition is not the first to explore the historical artistic ties between the three cultures.

In 2004, The Brigham Young University Museum of Art opened “Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World: Egypt, Greece, and Rome,” and displayed over 200 artifacts that were made in Egypt during the Greek and Roman ages.