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Arizona Daily Wildcat
January 29, 1999
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An enterprising archaeologist took a box of rocks and pieced together this impressive head of the Pharaoh Chephren from 2500 B.C. It's the same face that graces the Sphinx on the Giza Plateau.


The Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave., is hosting the "Splendors of Ancient Egypt," which includes 225 pieces from the Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim, Germany.

Tickets are purchased for specific times of day, and must be purchased in advance. Note that the last time to get into the exhibit is two hours before closing. Audioguides - with the voice of UA's own Richard Wilkinson - are included in the price of a ticket and last 45 minutes.

Hours for "Splendors of Ancient Egypt": Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Mondays, closed.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children. Museum members get in free. Tickets are available through Dillard's. Call 1-800-638-4253.

The exhibit closes March 28.

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Ian C. Mayer
Arizona Daily Wildcat

This statue of the scribe Heti is from the Old Kingdom, about 2300 B.C. Scribes went through special training to write hieroglyphs and were often shown seated in this position.

Ian C. Mayer
Arizona Daily Wildcat

This Egyptian ceremonial shield is less than a foot tall.

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Ian C. Mayer
Arizona Daily Wildcat

The top left hieroglyph on this stone tablet is the ankh, the symbol for life.

Ian C. Mayer
Arizona Daily Wildcat

This gilded coffin is from the New Kingdom, 1490 B.C. If the gold used is impure, it takes on a reddish tint and is called "the gold that bleeds." Mummies were wrapped in up to 3 miles of linen bandages.

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Ian C. Mayer
Arizona Daily Wildcat

When the Egyptians made mummies, they saved a few of the body organs and placed them in these canopic jars. They threw away the brain, though. They thought the heart held the intellect. You can buy your own canopic jars in the gift shop - only about $90 apiece!