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Both the Legion of Honor and de Young are open to the public. Please read our safety guidelines.

Guidebook to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

by Renée Dreyfus

Guidebook to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

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Explore the Ancient Art Council: Upcoming Events

PROGRAM

February 4, 2023 at 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PST)

The ancient Egyptian imagery of the Beyond in the Ramesside Period

PROGRAM

March 4, 2023 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Mesopotamian Women in the Third Millennium BCE: Queens and Palace Workers

PROGRAM

February 5, 2023 at 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (PST)

Tutankhamun: from Zero to Hero

PROGRAM

April 22, 2023 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PDT)

Discovering the Tomb of Tutankhamun and Exhibiting its Treasures

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.

August 20, 2022 - February 13, 2023

EXHIBITION

Read more about this exhibition

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