Gold And The Gods Jewels Of Ancient Nubia - 1557 Words

Jewels from Tombs of Ancient Nubia Include Rare Works of Gold and Precious Materials BOSTON, MA (June 23, 2014)—A world-class collection of jewels from ancient Nubia at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will go on view this summer in Gold and the Gods: Jewels of Ancient Nubia. The MFA’s collection of Nubian adornments is the most comprehensive outside Khartoum—the result of an early 20th-century expedition by the Museum with Harvard University. The exhibition opens on July 19, and includes works by Nubian goldsmiths and jewelers, who were among the most innovative in the ancient world. Featuring some 100 excavated ornaments dating from 1700 BC to AD 300, which will be on view in the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Gallery, the exhibition explores the royal tombs of kings and queens, which were filled with elaborate jewelry such as necklaces, amulets, stacked bracelets and earrings. The MFA is unique in its ability to mount an exhibition of Nubian jewelry and adornment drawn exclusively from its own collection. In addition to gold––Nubia’s most important commodity––jewelry in the exhibition incorporates precious materials such as lapis lazuli (imported from Afghanistan), blue chalcedony (imported from Turkey), amethystine quartz and carnelian, as well as enamel and glass––both of which were rare and valuable new technologies at the time. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated MFA Publication on Nubian jewelry. â€Å"The Nubian Nile valley wasShow MoreRelatedStolen Egyptian Artifacts1836 Words   |  8 Pagestheir soil, and in their museums. The only problem is, is that the countries that have these artifacts will not give them back because they are afraid the relics are not safe in Egypt. The British Museum in London stated that these early examples of ancient artwork, religion, and writing belong to all mankind, not just Egypt. To understand why some believe the artifacts are not safe, one need to understand Egypt. Egypt is located north of Sudan, east of Libya, west of Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan