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Frist Exhibit Unmasks Ancient EgyptWith its massive pyramids, miraculously preserved mummies and mysterious hieroglyphs, ancient Egypt holds a special place in the popular imagination - a distant land where crocodiles prowled the banks of the Nile, people routinely practiced the art of embalming the dead, and pharaohs were immortalized with monumental structures that rival anything from our own era.
This abiding appeal dates back even to the ancient Greeks, says Susan Edwards, executive director of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, and today it still captures the public's attention.
"Egypt has many fascinating aspects and layers.
Firstly, it was the site of the pyramids, which were among the seven wonders of the ancient world.
These remarkable engineering feats are still mind-boggling to us.
Egyptians were the first architects, the first people to develop written language, and the first people to make beer.
Their complex beliefs about an afterlife have never ceased to be a source of intrigue and mystery from ancient times until today."
Nashvillians are getting a firsthand look at that alluring and mystical world with The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt, which opened at the Frist on Friday.
Organized by the United Exhibits Group, Copenhagen, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in association with the Supreme Counc
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