Museum Exhibition

Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

Art Institute of Chicago

February 11, 2022 – January 1, 2030

Experience over 3,000 years of arts from ancient Egypt in a dynamic new gallery.

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Exhibition artworks

Representative work

Ancient Egyptian

Stela of Amenemhat and Hemet

Middle Kingdom, early Dynasty 12, about 1956–1877 BCE

Limestone and pigment

31.1 × 41.7 × 6.7 cm (12 1/4 × 16 3/8 × 2 5/8 in.)

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Featured works

Ancient Egyptian

Statue of Shebenhor

Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)

Basalt

28 × 13 × 16.3 cm (11 × 5 1/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

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Ancient Egyptian

Statuette of Re-Horakhty

Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, Dynasty 21–26, about 1069–525 BCE

Copper alloy with gilding

25 × 8.3 × 10.5 cm (9 7/8 × 3 1/4 × 4 1/8 in.)

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Ancient Egyptian

Kohl Container in the Shape of a Palm Column

New Kingdom, mid–Dynasty 18 or early Dynasty 19, about 1352–1213 BCE

Glass

8.3 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm (3 5/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 7/16 in.)

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Ancient Egyptian

Statue of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris

Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Wood, preparation layer, pigment, gold, and textile

62.9 × 12.7 × 27.3 cm (24 3/4 × 5 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Ancient Egyptian

Model of a River Boat

Middle Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 12, about 1875 BCE

Wood and pigment

63.5 × 114.3 × 17.1 cm (25 × 45 × 6 3/4 in.)

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Ancient Egyptian

Plaque Depicting a Quail Chick

Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Limestone

12 × 13.2 × 1.3 cm (4 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 1/2 in.)

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8 documented works in this exhibition

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