Two Temple Place, one of London’s hidden architectural gems, hosts great exhibitions twice a year and if you haven’t been to this venue yet, find some time to go.
You’ll get a chance to visit on January 30th when the exhibit Beyond Beauty: Transforming the Body in Ancient Egypt open. This major new exhibition allows us to experience the ancient Egyptians at their most spectacular and at their most intimate, uncovering a civilisation fascinated by appearance and identity both in life and death.
From Two Temple Place “Rare surviving imagery on exquisite painted cof ns, decorated funerary masks, delicate gurines and beautifully carved reliefs emphasise the importance of body image. Meanwhile jewellery, mirrors, hairpins, scent bottles and makeup provide an insight into some surprisingly familiar daily routines and the ever changing styles of the time. Through artefacts spanning over four millennia, from 3,500 B.C. to 400 A.D., the viewer is invited to ask why Egyptians cared so much about transforming the way they looked and how our perceptions are in uenced by the objects they left behind.
Beyond Beauty is created by the Bulldog Trust in partnership with 7 museums from across the country. Many of the artefacts on display come from the same archaeological excavations, and are seen together collectively for the first time since their discovery by pioneering Victorian Egyptologists.”
