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Following the great success of public and to meet the demands of many local schools, the exhibition “All the souls of the Mummy – life after death in the time of Sety I”, in progress at the Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme been extended until 5 April 2010. zone from January 7 to April 5, 2010 Saturday Sunday and holidays 10-13 and 16-19 (other days by reservation for groups). Ticket: € 5.00, reduced to less than 18 years and over 65 years: € 4.00, groups (20 undermine people): € 2.50. Accessible to disabled people thanks for your attention – Chianciano Etruscan Museum – visit our site for info and reservations requests groups 0578-30471

It’s called All the souls of the mummy. Life after death to the time of Sety I and the exhibition of funerary art wanted by the Archaeological Museum of Bologna and Chianciano Terme, in collaboration with the Egyptian Museum in Florence and Banca Monte Paschi di Siena.

From 20 June 2009 to January 6, 2010 at the Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme (Siena) in fact you can admire statues, terracotta vases, furniture or valuable household, amulets and scarabs, paintings and reliefs Ramesside age. Hundreds of items from major collections of Egyptian Italy and the partial reconstruction of one of the greatest Pharaonic tombs of the Valley of the Kings are the beating heart of the exhibition “All the souls of the mummy. Life after death to the time of Sety I “, organized by the Archaeological Museum of Chianciano Terme and the Archaeological Museum of Bologna in collaboration with the Egyptian Museum in Florence and the Vatican Museums with the contribution of Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena via Paint Projects cultural.

The purpose of the exhibition, which opens to the public from 20 June 2009 to January 6, 2010 at the Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme (Siena), is to illustrate the funerary ritual Egyptian Ramesside age, comparing the unique context of burial Pharaoh Sety I (New Kingdom: Dynasty XIX, 1290-1279 BC), from which comes forty statuettes and a major meeting for the first time in Chianciano Terme, a perfect funeral to be private from the same period. In addition to the body and the mummy, fine exhibits on display tell, as a ‘disembodied’ form the person, and that is how many “souls” of an Egyptian, to be protected carefully in his grave because the deceased has an eternal life after death.

The exhibition, curated by Daniela Picchi, is enhanced by some special events for audiences differentiated by age and interests. Since July 4, also in Chianciano Terme, there will be a series of information lectures with renowned experts. The first appointment is with the designer Mauro Tinti who will speak on “Giovan Battista Belzoni. An Indiana Jones to the rediscovery of the tomb of Sety I “.

Sunday, July 19th will be Daniela Picchi, Curator of the Collection of Egyptian Archaeological Museum of Bologna and curator of the exhibition, to intervene on “Sety I and surroundings. The Egyptian collection of the Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna “.

Saturday, August 1st will be meeting with Maria Cristina Guidotti, Director of the Egyptian Museum in Florence with a speech entitled “From the Valley of the Kings to the Egyptian Museum of Florence: the lives of travelers, scholars and archaeologists.

Sunday, August 22 will be Daniela Picchi, Curator of the Collection of Egyptian Archaeological Museum of Bologna and curator of the exhibition to introduce the theme of “everything good, pure and delicious food and … on the banks of the Nile”, followed by a buffet of beer and food in the manner of Egypt by Claudio Cavallotti, expert on the ancient kitchen. Saturday, September 5th Tiradritti Francis, Director of Mission excavation Harwa will speak on “All the colors of Thebes West. Painting and painters at the time of the Pharaohs conquerors, “while Saturday, October 3rd will Alessia Amenta, Head of the Department of Oriental Antiquities of the Vatican Museums to illustrate” Egypt at the court of the popes: the birth of the Vatican collection.

Ends with Saturday, October 17th, the journalist and writer Marco Zatterin will speak on “The Giant of the Nile: Giovanni Battista Belzoni. For children is called a contest entitled “All the souls of the mummy. Life after death to the time of the Pharaohs “which will award the most creative design or model inspired by the ancient Egyptian funerary ritual with a weekend stay in Bologna for the family and visit to the Egyptian collection of the Museo Civico Archeologico in the company of curator of the exhibition. A scientific conference entitled “Egypt in the Ramesside Age”, to be held in Chianciano in next December, providing for the participation of the leading Italian scholars of Egyptology.

The exhibition “All the souls of the mummy. Life after death to the time of Sety I “is promoted by the Civic Archaeological Museum of Chianciano Terme and the Archaeological Museum of Bologna in collaboration with the Egyptian Museum in Florence and the Vatican Museums with the contribution of Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena via Paint Projects cultural.

Open: Until 6 January 2010, all day from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00
Closed Mondays.

The months of November and December open Saturday, Sunday and before holidays with hours 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00.

Since 19 December 2009 to January 6, 2010 open every day 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00 hours.
Closed Monday. Ticket: € 5.00, reduced to less than 18 years and over 65 years: € 4.00, groups (20 undermine people): € 2.50.

Info:

www.comune.chianciano-terme.siena.it