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Egypt: Beyond The Tomb 2007

Hurry, ends this Sunday!

This extraordinary exhibition has attracted record numbers - and it comes to an end this weekend. If you or your friends still haven't seen it, then make sure you get here before it ends on Sunday.

25 May to 12 August 2007

Egypt: Beyond the Tomb offers a rare opportunity to gain insight into the lives of an ancient civilisation — through their treasures and stories we learn about the rituals, beliefs and values of the enchanting ancient Egyptian culture. This journey is made all the more special by taking it with an actual individual who had a community and a family that loved her.

This must-see international exhibition has been developed by the Australian Museum and the National Museum of Antiquities, the Netherlands. It will be accompanied by a full programme of public events offering a full range of activities for visitors of all ages.

Egypt: Beyond the Tomb brings the ancient Egyptian world of the dead to life right here at the Auckland Museum...more »

EXHIBITION PROGRAMME

The Exhibition
		Closing Weekend Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 August Weekend Games and Craft Saturday and Sunday 10am — 4pm Bring your children to join the talented team from the Stevenson’s Children’s Discovery Centre and play the Ancient Egypt Dog and Jackal game, colour in friezes as seen in the exhibition and make something special. Kids can play in the activity room (inside the exhibition). while adults get a closer look at this fascinating exhibition. Making of a Mummy Show Saturday and Sunday 10:30am, 11.30am & 12.30pm, Auditorium $5 for children or only $2 with an exhibition ticket. Free for members. A fun interactive show about why and how the ancient Egyptians mummified their dead. Recommended for children aged 5 and up. Make up Demonstration Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 August, 10am – 3pm Atrium Come and have a look to our expert of Egyptian make up. Be disguised as an Egyptian and take a picture with one of the wigs. $3 Polaroid picture. How did they build the pyramids? Try as hard as you can to move a massive 2 tonne granite stone and get a feel of what it was like to be a builder in ancient Egypt. Parade 1pm Dress up in your favourite Egyptian costume and join the parade at the Dome entrance.
		Daily Family Guide to Kekus Journey Families visiting Egypt: Beyond the Tomb will be able to borrow specially prepared guide books to assist them as they move through the exhibition. The guide includes suggestions for discussion and gives some assistance with activities and objects located in the exhibition.
		Childrens Trail and Activity Cards All children visiting Egypt: Beyond the Tomb will receive specially designed activity cards for use in the exhibition with additional activities to be completed at home.
		Weekend Games and Craft In the exhibition activity room Saturdays and Sundays 10am — 4pm Bring your children to join the talented team from the Stevenson’s Children’s Discovery Centre and play the Ancient Egypt Dog and Jackal game, color in friezes as seen in the exhibition and make something special. Kids can play while adults get a closer look at this fascinating exhibition.
Late Night Wednesdays The Museum opens late each Wednesday from 6 June right through the winter months from 5.30pm. You can relax and avoid the hustle and bustle of the day and take in the Egypt: Beyond the Tomb exhibition after hours. Closing week member special: Attend the Late Night Wednesday lecture and view Egypt: Beyond the Tomb for only $6.
Late Night Film Screenings

		Cleopatra (1963 Film) - Starring Elizabeth Taylor Late night Wednesday 6 June 7.30pm Auditorium Free entry with ticket to Egypt: Beyond the Tomb.
		The Mummy Late night Wednesday 13 June 7.30pm APEC Room Free entry with ticket to Egypt: Beyond the Tomb.
Late Night Events
		The Adult Egyptian Night at Auckland Museum Late night Wednesdays 18 & 25 July 45 minute tours at 6.30pm, 7.15pm and 8pm $20 including exhibition entry ($16 members) View the Egypt: Beyond the Tomb exhibition before joining Shepsit’s spirit as she travels through the underworld. Support her as she contends with gods, strange creatures and gatekeepers to reach Osiris and the Hall of Final Judgement. Help her plead her case for entry into the afterlife! Cash bar will be available. Bookings are essential, please phone 09 306 7048.
		Food of the Pharaohs — An Ancient Egyptian Meal Late Night Wednesday 1 August ,6pm Atrium entrance $50 including exhibition entry ($45 members) An interactive evening exploring the foods and ingredients of ancient Egypt, with your hosts Virgil Evetts and Janneen Love. Although little is known of the recipes of the ancient Egyptians, much is known of their crops and favored ingredients. This was an often highly spiced cuisine rich in beans, pulses, fish and fowl, yet devoid of tomatoes, peppers, and many other items we take for granted in modern western cooking. This event focuses on hands-on recreation of the foods that fed the Pharaohs, and ends in a shared meal of the dishes you create. Bookings are essential, please phone 09 306 7048.
School Holiday Programme
		Stevenson’s Winter Family Festival Saturday 31 June, Sunday 1 July. 11am — 5pm Ancient Egypt comes to town! Dress up and join in the Ancient Egyptian Parade; come dressed as Cleopatra, a pharaoh, slave, soldier or wrap up as a mummy. To join the parade, meet at 1pm (both days) at the Dome end of the Museum. How did they build the pyramids? See if you can move a massive 2 tonne granite stone and get a feel of what it was like to be a builder in ancient Egypt. Then watch Egyptian make up demonstrations and come and see the Making of a Mummy Show at 10.30am, 11.30am and 12.30pm each day. Cost: $5 for children or only $2 with an exhibition ticket. Accompanying adults free with admission donation ticket or exhibition entry ticket. Free for members.
		An Egyptian Night at Auckland Museum Nightly Saturday 31 June — Sunday 15 July 45 minutes tours at 5:30pm, 6:15pm and 7pm Cost: $20 adults, $14 children, including entry to the exhibition. Members: $16 adults, $11 children Join Shepsit’s spirit as she travels through the underworld, contending with gods, strange creatures and gatekeepers to reach Osiris and the Hall of Final Judgement. Help her plead her case for entry into the afterlife!
		Making of a Mummy Show Opening weekend festival (26 & 27 May), daily during the school holidays (30 June — 15 July) and closing weekend festival (11 & 12 August) 10:30am, 11.30am & 12.30pm, Auditorium Cost: $5 for children or only $2 with an exhibition ticket. Free for members. A fun interactive show about why and how the ancient Egyptians mummified their dead. Recommended for children aged 5 and up.
		Quiz Tournament Thursday 5 July, 1pm Auditorium Teams please register by calling 09 306 7070 extn 758. Come and join the Pyramid Game. Test your knowledge of ancient Egypt in this fun quiz tournament. You can take part by registering a team of three (8 years and up), or come along and support the brave competitors! Prizes for winners and for audience participation.
		10 Minute Activities (Saturday 30 June — Sunday 15 April) Create your own decorative art to take home with our fantastic craft activities. 10am — 12pm and 1.30pm — 3pm daily in Weird & Wonderful $2 (or $1 for Dinomite Members) All ages welcome. Mondays & Wednesday: Egyptian Badges Tuesdays & Thursdays: See-through Egypt Fridays & Sundays: Matariki Star Mobile Saturdays: Egyptian Bracelets
		Day-long Egyptian Workshop: Akhenaten’s Adornment Monday 9 July or Tuesday 10 July 10.30am – 3.30pm $50 (or $40 for Dinomite members) Learning Centre Spend the day with us discovering Ancient Egyptian adornments. Visit Egypt: Beyond the tomb and take part in two separate workshops by professional artists. Morning and afternoon tea provided but don’t forget to pack your own lunch. Look at the jewellery and adornments that the ancient Egyptians wore. Make an Egyptian piece of jewellery and an adornment to take home. Bookings essential and prepayment is required to secure your place. Dinomite members can book immediately, public bookings open from Friday 23 June. Phone 306 7040 to secure your place. Book for either a Senior Workshop Ages 11-15 years or Junior Workshop Ages 7-10 years.
Lecture Series Egypt: Hieroglyphics, Mythology and Art Museum Lecture Series In Association with Centre for Continuing Education Lecture Series: www.cce.auckland.ac.nz $18 per lecture or $36 for the series Concession of $13.50 per lecture or $31.50 for the series available to Museum members, full-time students and unwaged. (There is an additional entry fee of $6 to the exhibition.) Enrolment through CCE. Phone: 0800 864 266 or mailto:conted@auckland.ac.nz

		The Hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt Presented by: Aaron Smith Wednesday 18 July, 7.30 — 9.00pm Enrolment through CCE. Phone: 0800 864 266 or mailto:conted@auckland.ac.nz "A picture paints a thousand words", or so the saying goes. However, for the Ancient Egyptians, this simply wasnt true. For them, Hieroglyphics were inextricably entwined with numerous facets of their culture. Art and language were symbiotic partners - both performing the same function(s), albeit via a different medium. The characters of language were viewed as living entities, and whether standing alone, or wrapped around pictorial reliefs in the form of an extrinsic inscription, cosmologies, mythologies, rites for entrance to the Underworld and Afterlife, the names of royals and individuals, military epics and recipes for incense, were all personified by Hieroglyphics.
		The Mythology of Ancient Egypt Wednesday 25 July, 7.30 — 9pm Presented by: Jennifer Hellum Enrolment through CCE. Phone: 0800 864 266 or mailto:conted@auckland.ac.nz The mythology of the Egyptians was centred around three main lines: the beginnings of the world, the beginnings of ancient Egypt as a country, and the world of the dead and their journey into the underworld. The last of these three ideas, that of the world of the dead, is the one with which most people are familiar, largely due to the abundance of material culture concerned with it. Throughout Egypt’s ancient history, the concept of the afterlife evolved and changed but only in the details. For most of Egypt’s 3000 years of history, the mythology of the underworld was set, giving us a fascinating glimpse into the Egyptian thoughts on death and the afterlife.
		The Art of Ancient Egypt Presented by: Jennifer Hellum Wednesday 1 August, 7.30 — 9pm Enrolment through CCE. Phone: 0800 864 266 or mailto:conted@auckland.ac.nz Much of Egyptian art has been found in funerary contexts, but much of it is concerned with life, as the afterlife, and providing for the tomb-owner therein. The Egyptians didn’t create art for its own sake; it was used toward a purpose, and in a funerary context, that purpose was showing life as it should be in the underworld, and life as it was on earth. As a result, a great deal of what we know now about Egyptian life is due to the artwork on the walls of the tombs.
Monthly Stevenson Sunday Storytelling
		On the last Sunday of each month, join our storyteller for interactive fun tales. Treasures & Tales 11am and 1pm Sunday 27 May: Egyptian myths and legends. Sunday 24 June: Matariki Sea stories Sunday 29 July: Egyptian heroes and heroines.