Egypt, ancient and Met Museum
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For the first time since the boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 all the items will stored in one place, a museum director told NBC News.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition on ancient Egypt features nearly 100 pieces from international institutions and focuses on the iconography identifying deities.
The new space, which has been two decades in the making and spans 500,000 square metres, includes immersive exhibits and virtual-reality devices, in contrast to cluttered displays in the more than century-old Egyptian Museum.
A new Met exhibit, "Divine Egypt," showcases more than 200 artifacts and focuses on the profound roles of deities like Anubis, Maat and Ra in ancient Egyptian life.
Wadisuchus kassabi, an ancient crocodile from Egypt, shows crocodiles lived in the sea, offering insight into reptile evolution.
The ancient artwork's disappearance was reported over the weekend, just more than three weeks after officials confirmed that a golden bracelet stolen from the Egyptian Museum by a restoration worker had been sold on and then melted down. The rare limestone ...