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Creature Feature: Animals from Ancient Egypt

This bronze sculpture is in the shape of a bird. It has a tall Egyptian crown on its head and a gold ring around its eye.
This bronze sculpture of a falcon has a secret inside . . . Horus falcon wearing crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with Uraeus, Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty 26, mid-7th to late 6th century BCE. Leaded bronze, gold-alloy inlay around eye. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.1118.

Gallery Talk

This event was recorded. Please view the talk here.

Creature Features, a new online series from the Harvard Art Museums, offers a chance for families with children ages 6 and up to explore magical creatures across the collections through close looking and curious exploration with museum staff.

Join Egyptologist Jen Thum for an interactive, family-friendly look at animals in ancient Egyptian art and life! Participants are encouraged to download and color along with our free activity book, Coloring Ancient Egypt.

Led by:
Jen Thum, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Assistant Research Curator, Division of Academic and Public Programs

This online talk is free and open to all, but registration is required. To register, please complete this online form.

You will receive an email confirming your registration along with a Zoom link and password for the program. For instructions on how to join a meeting in Zoom, please click here.

Creature Feature talks are free, open to curious explorers of all ages, and offered once a month on Saturdays at 10am on Zoom. If you have any questions, please contact am_register@harvard.edu.

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