Statue of the falcon god Ra-Horakhty, protector of Pharaoh Ramses II <br/> Egypt, Tell el-Maskhuta <br/> 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramses II, about 1279–1213 BCE <br/> granite <br/> H 94cm, W 39cm, D 72cm​ <br/> British Museum, London <br/> EA1006<br/> ​© The Trustees of the British Museum

The Making of Pharaoh

Sat 15 Jun, 3pm–4pm


Watch the livestream Statue of the falcon god Ra-Horakhty, protector of Pharaoh Ramses II <br/> Egypt, Tell el-Maskhuta <br/> 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramses II, about 1279–1213 BCE <br/> granite <br/> H 94cm, W 39cm, D 72cm​ <br/> British Museum, London <br/> EA1006<br/> ​© The Trustees of the British Museum
Past program

NGV International

Clemenger BBDO Auditorium
Ground Level

Hearing loops and accessible seating are available.
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This event will be presented in person and livestreamed. Registrations for the livestream have now closed. If you have purchased a livestream ticket, click on the link above and enter the password provided. A recording will be available for ticket holders via the same link.

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Celebrating the opening of Pharaoh, British Museum curator Marie Vandenbeusch shares insights into the making of the exhibition.

Learn how the themes were conceived, how the objects were selected and what new insights have been revealed.

This program will be held in-person and livestreamed. When booking, you can choose to purchase an in-person ticket or a virtual ticket to access the livestream.

Speaker

Marie Vandenbeusch is Curator: Funerary Culture of the Nile Valley in the Department of Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum. She curated the NGV’s Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2024 exhibition Pharaoh and edited the accompanying publication. She curated Pharaoh: King of Egypt (2016–23), and co-curated Ancient Lives. New Discoveries (2014) and Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives (2016–24). Her research interests include funerary and magical practices in ancient Egypt, with a special focus on the study of mummies and funerary material culture, as well as the history of Egyptology and of collecting.

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