Les anciens égyptiens: Scribes, pharaons et dieux. Histoire de l’art to whom the museum owes

to whom the museum owes the enhancement of its collections

he hates innovators and lumps together the sophists and Socrates

Women's art is disturbing because it opposes gender prejudice

At the crossroads of history

This catalogue presents for the first time the antique vases from the Collection of the brothers Auguste and Eugène Dutuit

Les anciens égyptiens: Scribes, pharaons et dieux. Histoire de l’art to whom the museum owesThree entities dominated Egypt: the scribes, the pharaohs, and the gods. Throughout pharaonic history, they organized and managed the entire society; they were the masters of administration as well as of the realm of the living and the dead. This triad defined the living environment, as well as the history of the men and women of the banks of the Nile. Beyond the majestic temples and the magnificently painted tombs, the life of a people can be