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A limestone stela from the Ramesside period belonging to the deceased wab-priest Nekhatum, shown worshipping the deified Pharaoh Amenhotep I is the object currently under the lens of the new exhibition series “In the Researcher’s Workshop”, curated by Beppe Moiso and Tommaso Montonati.
This stela was studied and described by J. F. Champollion during his stay in Turin, and the very events that took place during Champollion's visit are the focus of this new exhibition.
On display from August 26th until October 30th 2022, the exhibition features previously unpublished volumes and documents, as well as objects and artefacts that captured Champollion's attention.
Champollion’s time in Turin proved to be a very complicated period, partly because of disagreements that arose with Giulio Cordero di San Quintino who was in charge of the Royal Academy of Sciences. It was San Quintino’s task to proceed with an initial identification of the objects along with their display inside the palace of the former College of Nobles, seat of the Academy since 1783.
The exhibition's narrative unfolds in four parts focusing on different aspects of the period and the Turinese context at the time.
Champollion is well known in Egyptology. It was he who discovered the key to deciphering hieroglyphs in 1822. With this exhibition, Museo Egizio inaugurates a very special month in which the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of hieroglyphs is celebrated.
This stela was studied and described by J. F. Champollion during his stay in Turin, and the very events that took place during Champollion's visit are the focus of this new exhibition.
On display from August 26th until October 30th 2022, the exhibition features previously unpublished volumes and documents, as well as objects and artefacts that captured Champollion's attention.
Champollion’s time in Turin proved to be a very complicated period, partly because of disagreements that arose with Giulio Cordero di San Quintino who was in charge of the Royal Academy of Sciences. It was San Quintino’s task to proceed with an initial identification of the objects along with their display inside the palace of the former College of Nobles, seat of the Academy since 1783.
The exhibition's narrative unfolds in four parts focusing on different aspects of the period and the Turinese context at the time.
Champollion is well known in Egyptology. It was he who discovered the key to deciphering hieroglyphs in 1822. With this exhibition, Museo Egizio inaugurates a very special month in which the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of hieroglyphs is celebrated.
info@museitorino.it
+390114406903
From Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
