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'Egyptomania' at the Worcester Art Museum
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[A] charming new exhibit at the Worcester Art Museum reveals the wonder Europeans felt as they once again encountered Egypt through the prism of 19th-century art.

Like the earliest travelers to the kingdom on the Nile, visitors will see the Great Sphinx sprawling across the sands, Queen Nefertiti in her palace and Bedouin crossing the desert.

The new show "Egyptomania: Modern Fascination for an Ancient Civilization" captures the European flush of excited curiosity about Egypt that still continues today...

'Egyptomania', MetroWest Daily News, Massachusetts, USA, October 02, 2005.


#949 posted by Mark Morgan on 03 October 2005, 12:03:09 AM  Permalink   comment [] trackback []