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Thursday, 22nd April 2004 (4250 views)

Gold jewellery forms part of a new collection of ancient Egyptian items excavated from tombs that are to go on display in Milwaukee.<BR/><BR/>"The Quest for Immortality" exhibition is the largest archaeological display from Egypt ever to tour North America.<BR/><BR/>Robert Ritner, associate professor of Egyptology at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago told Indystar: "It's an extraordinary chance to see unparalleled material from the Cairo collection. The only other way you'd see these pieces is to travel to Egypt itself."<BR/><BR/>Among the items discovered, which could have been made 4,000 years ago is a gold-and-bead bracelet with two tiny gold lions that was made more than 3,000 years ago.<BR/><BR/>In addition gold bracelets and collars and shiny gold funeral masks form part of the collection of items that would have been buried with bodies to help Egyptians in the afterlife.<BR/><BR/>The items are on display until August 8 at the Milwaukee Public Museum and then tour a number of other North American locations.

 

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