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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/victoria-gallery-museum-creature
 s-of-the-nile/
SUMMARY:Victoria Gallery & Museum: Victoria Gallery & Museum: Creatures of 
 the Nile
DESCRIPTION:This spring the University of Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery &a
 mp\; Museum presents\, Creatures of the Nile. The exciting exhibition ex
 plores the fascinating position animals held in ancient Egyptian and Sudan
 ese society and culture.\n\nOn from Saturday 4 May – Saturday 5 October 
 2024\, Creatures of the Nile features more than 250 objects\, many of wh
 ich have never been on public display. Highlights include one of the earli
 est known depictions of a domesticated dog\, a sheet from the 3\,500-year-
 old Book of the Dead and a bronze statue which entombed a mummified cat. E
 xhibited objects come from the collections of the University of Liverpool
 ’s Garstang Museum\, with additional artefacts on loan from National Mus
 eums Liverpool and Manchester Museum.\n\nMany species of animal called the
  Nile their home\, long before humans settled there. As Nile-centred civil
 izations appeared\, these creatures became central figures in societies’
  depictions of their world. From elaborate tomb scenes and sacred writings
  to amulets and pots\, animals were a central motif in how people and comm
 unities communicated their values and beliefs.\n\nIn ancient Egypt and Sud
 an\, gods were often represented in the form of an animal\, taking on the 
 full or partial appearance of creatures including lions\, snakes\, or babo
 ons. These images of divine power are among the most identifiable features
  in Egyptian art and were represented in objects including inscribed funer
 ary stones and protective amulets\, which will be displayed in this exhibi
 tion.\n\nThe exhibition also explores mythical animals depicted in Egyptia
 n and Sundanese art. A striking and unusual object exhibited in Creatures
  of the Nile depicts a hippocampus – an animal with the head of a horse
 \, but the body of a snake.\n\nFrom the spiritual to the practical\, anima
 ls played a key role in everyday life with animals used in food and farmin
 g. Oxen at work in the fields of the afterlife can be seen in pages from t
 he Book of the Dead and on inscribed funerary stones\, while the exhibitio
 n also features objects made from rare materials like ivory and ostrich eg
 gshell.\n\nSignificantly\, the exhibition examines climate change in the N
 ile Valley. Collaborating with colleagues from the Leverhulme funded Biod
 iversity in Egyptian Archaeology during Societal Transitions project\, th
 e exhibition features the impact of climate change and human over-exploita
 tion of resources. Tools used for hunting\, including a stunningly preserv
 ed 4\,000-year-old throw stick used for catching birds\, feature alongside
  a timeline showing the appearance and disappearance of species in Egypt.\
 n\nNicola Euston\, Head of Museums and Galleries at the University of Live
 rpool\, said: “We’re incredibly excited to bring this unique exhibiti
 on to the gallery. It showcases the University’s world-leading ancient E
 gyptian and Sudanese collections and gives our visitors the opportunity to
  see many pieces for the first time. Significantly it explores an area of 
 this ancient history that is often overlooked. While of course\, stories o
 f pharaohs and mummies have captured our imaginations for centuries\, it
 ’s fantastic that we’re representing the important role animals played
  and how their existence shaped civilisations.”\n\nCreatures of the Nile
  is curated by Dr Gina Criscenzo-Laycock\, Curator\, Garstang Museum of A
 rchaeology\, with Dr Juliet Spedding\, Post-doctoral Researcher\, Biodiver
 sity in Egyptian Archaeology during Societal Transitions (BEAST) project.
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LOCATION:Victoria Gallery & Museum\, Ashton Street\, University of Liverpoo
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