Jewels of Ancient Nubia in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Join us to explore some of the most spectacular and technically advanced jewelry of the ancient world.
The artists of cosmopolitan Nubia (modern-day Sudan), a major source of gold along the Nile Valley, created incredible adornments, but their work remains largely unknown. Dr. Denise M. Doxey, Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art at MFA Boston, which houses the most comprehensive collection of Nubian jewelry outside Sudan, will present highlights of the collection in their historical and archaeological context, while exploring the jewelry’s meaning to those who wore it.
This program is offered through the annual Nancy S. & Peter O. Brown Guest Lectureship in the Art & Architecture of Ancient Civilizations.
About the speaker
Dr. Denise M. Doxey is the Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Previously, she was Keeper of Collections for the Egyptian Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (now the Penn Museum). She has curated or co-curated several major exhibitions, including Secrets of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC, Gold and the Gods: Jewels of Ancient Nubia, and the seminal Ancient Nubia Now, a reckoning of the problematic legacies of racial prejudice and partage in Egyptology.
She completed her M.Phil at Oxford University and her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.
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For questions about this program, please contact Chiyo Ueyama at cueyama@mag.rochester.edu. Ticket sales end on Thursday, December 17, at 5:45 pm. Ticket includes museum admission.
