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Head of an Official, Egypt, Dynasty 26, about 570-526 BCE. Quartzite. British Museum, London, EA37883. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved
Talk
Eternal Faces: Portrait Sculpture from Egypt’s Late Period (Online)
10 Sep 2024
Regular hours
- Tue, 10 Sep
- 12:00 – 13:00
Timezone: America/Los_Angeles
Free admission
- Language: English
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Join Egyptologist Campbell Price as he explores the multifaceted roles of portraits which addressed various audiences—the living, the gods, and even other statues
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What was the purpose of portrait sculpture in ancient Egypt? Join Egyptologist Campbell Price as he explores the multifaceted roles of portraits which addressed various audiences—the living, the gods, and even other statues. During the Late Period in Egypt from about 664 to 332 BCE, these temple sculptures communicated royal favor, honorable ancestry, and a special relationship with the divine. Never meant as living likenesses, their old-fashioned forms and striking facial features served as stylized masks for eternity.
Complements the exhibition Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egypt on view through January 25, 2027 at the Getty Villa.
SPEAKER
Dr. Campbell Price gained his PhD in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, writing a thesis on the conceptualization of the non-royal statue at Karnak during the Late Period (c. 750-30 BCE). Since 2011, he has been curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum, part of the University of Manchester, one of the largest such collections in the United Kingdom. He has published widely on ancient Egyptian material culture, especially on sculpture. His most recent book is Brief Histories: Ancient Egypt (Orion Press, 2024). Campbell is currently chair of trustees of the Egypt Exploration Society, the UK’s foremost charity supporting Egypt’s cultural heritage.
