Arsenyev Museum invites to meet with leading Russian experts of Ancient Egypt

The Museum-Reserve of the History of the Far East named after V.K. Arsenyev opens another series of lectures based on the exhibition "Ancient Egypt". The art of immortality.” A lecture on the art of the Pharaonic era will be held this Saturday, March 30 in the Main Building of the Museum (Svetlanskaya Street, 20). About the amazing things related to ancient Egyptian art, with history lovers will talk candidate of art history, head of the Department of “Educational and Art Museum” of the Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin Nik Lavrentiev. The next meeting is scheduled for April 16. Candidate of Historical Sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Maxim Lebedev will reveal the secrets of ancient Egyptian pyramids. The lecture will focus on the detective work of archaeologists in the tombs of the pyramids, modern technologies in the service of science and the most pressing issues that are facing researchers of burial complexes today. “We invite you to the excavations to see the ancient Egyptian tombs through the eyes of an archaeologist and place the objects from the exhibition in an archaeological context,” the author announces the meeting. Colleague Maxim Lebedev, senior lecturer of the Department of Ancient Orient of St. Petersburg State University Natalia Makeeva invites to talk about the legendary Tutankhamun, the young king of Egypt, whose tomb was discovered in 1923 in the Valley of the Kings. At the May 11 lecture, we will talk about what Egyptologists already know for sure and about those questions to which answers have not yet been found. The most “fragrance” topic about the ancient Eastern civilization is in the lecture of the historian of perfumery, the owner of one of the most extensive in Russia private collections of fragrances Galina Annie. The mysterious nature of the fragrances gave them a divine status for the people of antiquity. In the highly developed culture of ancient Egypt, the importance of incense and cosmetics was very significant. May 25 at the lecture "Ancient Egypt". The birth of perfumery Galina will talk about trade routes and expeditions of that time, about fragrant plants and substances of animal origin used in ancient perfumery, and will show fragrant samples from her collection of rarities. An extensive lecture program for the exhibition on Ancient Egypt was made possible thanks to the support of the FESCO Transportation Group. Moreover, according to the director of the State Museum of Fine Arts Elizaveta Likhacheva, the program is significantly strengthened for residents and guests of Vladivostok, in comparison with the one that took place in Moscow two years ago. “The best specialists will come to you with lectures,” said the director of the leading federal museum. Find out the schedule of lectures on the exhibition "Ancient Egypt". The art of immortality" can be found here [https://arseniev.org/museum-events/lekciya-udivitelnye-veshhi-drevneegipetskoe-iskusstvo-epoxi-faraonov/ We remind you that you must register or make an appointment at +7 (423) 241-11-73. The material and photos were prepared and provided by the press service of the State United Museum-Reserve of the History of the Far East named after V.K. Arsenyev. . . [ /upload/medialibrary/3c4/yzt2exuv578hyl94mlstrhcgmx0v65en/Vystavka._Drevniy_Egipet._Iskusstvo_bessmertiya._Zaly_eksponaty_vitriny._AVK._12_marta_2024._jpke_301]