Ancient Art Department

Ancient Art Council
Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park
San Francisco, CA 94121

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Explore the Ancient Art Council: Upcoming Events

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October 15, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

"No One Should Brave the Underworld Alone": Traversing Eternity in the Age of Ramses the Great

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December 3, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Rehearsed Reading of HELEN by Euripides

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November 5, 2022, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PDT)

Ozymandias Undertaken: an overview of New Kingdom mummification patterns

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January 21, 2023, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Ramses the Great through Nubian Eyes

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Thank you for helping us acquire our first Egyptian royal portrait—a carved limestone relief of Ptolemy I Soter

See the relief of Ptolemy I Soter
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Ancient Art Council supports Antiquities at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

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Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs

Ramses II, also known as Ramses the Great, was the most celebrated and powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom—Egypt’s golden age. Believed to be a god on Earth, he ruled for 67 years as part of the 19th Dynasty, erecting enormous temples, obelisks, and statues and expanding Egypt’s empire. This state-of-the-art exhibition features the greatest collection of Ramses II objects and Egyptian jewelry ever to travel to the United States. Along with the pharaoh's colossal royal sculpture, the exhibition highlights recently discovered animal mummies and treasures from the royal tombs of Dahshur and Tanis in Lower Egypt.

Visitors can walk among towering statues and immerse themselves in multimedia productions that re-create moments from Ramses’ life, including his triumph at Kadesh, the largest chariot battle ever fought. An optional virtual reality experience, "Ramses & Nefertari: Journey to Osiris," offers a breathtaking tour of two of Ramses’ most impressive monuments: Abu Simbel and Nefertari’s tomb.

August 20, 2022 - February 13, 2023

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