Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian Art Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City Through August 5, 2012

Tom L. Freudenheim at the Wall Street Journal online WSJ.com in Ancient Egypt's Limber Youth reports on the exhibition, The Dawn of Egyptian Art, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City through August 5, 2012.


Freudenheim writes:

"While the Pre- and Early Dynastic Egyptian periods (c. 4400–2649 B.C.) are not wholly new fields of study, the exhibition aims "to examine and reflect upon the finest representations created by the early Egyptians"....

Read the entire article here.


Crossposted from the Ancient Egypt Weblog.

Google Doodle Today Honors 138th Birthday of Howard Carter, Discoverer of King Tut's Tomb (Tutankhamun), Which Has Been Totally Misinterpreted

The Google Doodle for today
is in honor of the 138th birthday of Howard Carter,
the discoverer of King Tut's Tomb,

As written by Sara Gates at the Huntington Post in

Howard Carter Honored On His 138th Birthday With Google Logo

"The Google doodle depicts Carter gazing upon the golden riches and artifacts within the tomb. Behind the treasures is the faint outline of Google's usual logo."

Who was King Tut?
See 
Who was Tutankhamun? The DNA Evidence is Clear: Tut was the Son of Akhenaten (Echnaton) but the Cause of his Death remains Speculative

But what did Howard Carter really find?
See
Ark of the Covenant



More stories about the Google Doodle:

The Guardian staff at
Howard Carter celebrated in Google doodle

Chris Matyszczyk at CNET in
Google's doodle for Harrison Ford, wait, Howard Carter.


Rene Lynch at the Los Angeles Times has the Google Doodle story also in
Howard Carter, first superstar tomb-finder, gets a Google Doodle