Akhenaten and Nefertiti Exhibition in Erbach, Germany

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In cooperation with Berlin’s world-famous Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, the Deutsches Elfenbeinmuseum Erbach (Erbach German Ivory Museum) presents Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Rulers in the Divine Light (April 3-August 9, 2009). Some 70 works of art from Egypt’s Amarna Period are superbly displayed, each produced during the 17-year reign of the enigmatic Pharaoh Akhenaten (r. 1352-1335 B.C.) and Nefertiti, his principal wife.

Exhibited in the Ivory Museum are famous reliefs and portrait busts of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, their six daughters and the pharaoh’s powerful parents, Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. A number of the objects were created in the workshop of Thutmose, the court sculptor.

Beginning October 16, 2009, the exhibition’s artifacts will be displayed permanently in their new location on Berlin’s Museum Isle.

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