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Ancient Egypt on show at Milan exhibition

(12 Sep 2017) LEADIN Ancient Egypt has come to Milan with an exhibition dedicated to Pharaoh Amenhotep II, who lived between 1427 and 1401 BC during the so-called 18th dynasty. Objects pertaining to his life are on display as well as the full-scale recreation of his Tomb. STORYLINE Necklaces, earrings, mirrors, and braids are some of the elements on display in a new Egyptian exhibit in Milan focussing on Pharaoh Amenhotep II. The jewellery and beauty accessories exemplify the prosperous period in Egyptian history, which took place during Pharaoh Amenhotep II's reign between 1427 and 1401 BC. "This is a time of great prosperity, but also of peace," says Christian Orsenigo, Egyptology researcher at the University of Milan and co-curator of the exhibit. "In the first part of his reign, Amenhotep II brought a military program forward, following his father's footsteps, Thutmose III; but in the second part of his reign, you notice that the sovereign dedicated his time to stabilize peace, the administration, and there is a real reflection on the artistic production which is exceptional." Artefacts from different collections across the world have been gathered to portray this sovereign's reign, less known to the public than other sovereigns like Akhenaten or Tutankhamun. Some of the statues on display portraying Amenhotep II come from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In 2002 the University of Milan acquired the archives of the late French Egyptologist Alexandre Varille (1909 - 1951), which also included most of the notes of his colleague Victor Loret. Loret discovered Amenhotep II's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1898 but only wrote a short essay on his findings. After studying his notebooks and works, researchers at the university of Milan have now reconstructed the Pharaoh's tomb for the public to immerse themselves in what Loret discovered first hand. Like other tombs, this one was decorated with different drawings, like one of Amenhotep being fed life by the Hathor Goddess. But Loret revealed much more than just drawings and the sarcophagus of Amenhotep II. "When Victor Loret comes into this tomb in 1898 he sees that, as it can happen in other tombs, there were some lateral rooms connected to the main one," explains Patrizia Piacentini, Professor of Egyptology at the university of Milan and co-curator of the exhibit. "One was open, and when he looks inside he finds three mummies, not in a good state I might add, because the thieves had pillaged them, taken anything of value, that were often in between the bandages of the mummies and then they had thrown them there." The three mummies included two women and a man. With scientific progress, and the use of genetic testing, it was later asserted that these bodies were Tutankhamun's mother and grandmother. The exhibit has the visitor walk around the tomb and multimedia installations explain the Egyptologist's findings through artificial windows. Photos of the findings and sketched by Loret are also on display. In another room, nine other sarcophaguses were found in which the mummies of several pharaohs and important people had been preserved, including Amenhotep III, Tutankhamun's grandfather. The exhibit also dedicates a section to different rituals used around the death of someone, including mummification and how some traditions changed over time. Finally, the exhibit ends with an interactive multimedia installation in which the visitor can pass by and be immersed in the 18th dynasty. The exhibit "EGYPT. The extraordinary discovery of Pharaoh Amenhotep II" runs from 13 September to 7 January 2018 at the MUDEC museum in Milan. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...