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Pharaohs of the The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA:
March 19 - June 4, 2000; Rijksmuseum Leiden, The Netherlands:
November 23, 2000 - February 18, 2001. (photo: detail of
colossal statue of Amenhotep IV with "nemes" and double crown.
Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten, 1353 - 1336 B.C.
Sandstone, Egyptian Museum, Cairo). Get the catalogue from
Amazon.com. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art – LACMA –
presents Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen,
one of the most important international presentations of
Egyptian art and culture in recent decades. On view from March
19 through June 4, 2000, the exhibition covers the revolutionary
epoch known as the Amarna Age (1353 to 1336 B.C.) when the
Pharaoh Akhenaten assumed the throne of Egypt at its peak of
imperial glory. Organized by The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Pharaohs of the Sun brings to life the Amarna Age through more
than 250 pieces of sculpture, relief, ceramics, j