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Floor talks to showcase the NGV’s new antiquities gallery

Head covering of Padihorpasheraset 1st century AD-2nd century AD, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest, 1995.

The NGV has opened a new space the showcase their collection of antiquities. The new gallery is on Level 2 of NGV International. The collections are displayed across three areas, encompassing Mesoamerica, The Classical World and Egypt and the Near East. The two corridor cases that flank the gallery feature representative tomb groups from West Mexico and ancient Egypt. To showcase these collections the NGV is holding floortalks and a forum featuring expert speakers. The new display of the National Gallery of Victoria’s antiquities collection, The Ancient World, showcases works from ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece, Italy and Mesoamerica. Celebrating the long awaited new galleries of curator floor talks. See details below. Floor Talk Series: Ancient World Egyptian Collection Speaker Amanda Dunsmore,…

NGV Lecture | Nefertiti – The Real Story Speaker Marc Gabolde, Egyptologist

EGYPT, el-Amarna Head of Queen Nefertiti 1353 BC-1337 BC limestone 34.3 x 21.0 x 20.5 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Presented by N. de Garis Davies, 1907 616-D2

Nefertiti – The Real Story Marc Gabolde, Egyptologist In anticipation of the NGV’s Ancient World gallery opening in October, this lecture will look at one of the most famous queens in ancient Egypt – Nefertiti. Marc Gabolde is one of the world’s leading scholars on Nefertiti and in recent years has been excavating in the Royal Wadi at Amarna, Akhenaten and Nefertiti’s capital city. Based on cutting edge research, this lecture will look at Nefertiti’s life and role as royal consort to Akhenaten. What is her parentage? Did she rule Egypt in her own right? Is she the mother of Tutankhamun and was she buried at Amarna before being moved to the Valley of the Kings? Date: 6pm, 15 Aug 2013Venue: NGV…