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Review – To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

By Ben Morales-Correa

For ancient Egyptians, death was the easy part. Gaining eternity was, regardless of rank, a journey that makes Dante’s Inferno look like a walk in the park. And though they could not buy their way into the afterlife, those with means definitely had a strong advantage. That is the context of “To Live Forever:... »

Egypt to retrieve ushabti from Netherlands

By Ben Morales-Correa

A precious 4,000 year old ushabti from the 19th Dynasty will finally return to Egypt. The artifact, discovered in Saqqara in 1985, stolen and then auctioned, was identified by experts at a museum in Lyden, the Netherlands, after it was presented to them by an amateur collector who had bought the item without knowledge... »



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