The exhibition Sekhmet: Mistress of life. Magic and medicine in ancient Egypt intends to take visitors on a journey through time to discover ancient Egypt and one of the most important goddesses of the Egyptian pantheon: the goddess Sekhmet. The selection of beautiful objects from Museo Egizio in Turin will also reveal another intriguing and related topic of ancient Egyptian civilization: magic and medicine.

2 MAIN SECTIONS

Two macro-sections focused on specific themes: the first will centre on life, religion and afterlife in ancient Egypt; the second will look at the figure of the goddess Sekhmet, and magic and medicine in ancient Egypt. 

14 FOCUSES

Each section presents focuses featuring particular topics or aspects of the pharaonic civilization, conceived to explore daily life, funerary practices and religious beliefs in ancient Egypt.

Sekhmet: Mistress of life. Magic and medicine in ancient Egypt is conceived and curated by the Touring Exhibition Office of Museo Egizio. 

The curators are available to adapt the exhibition according to the spaces and needs of the interested museum and work together to build the best exhibition path for their venue. 

3-6 months (negotiable)

At least 6 months before the opening date (1 year even better)

The exhibition displays a fine selection of objects held at Museo Egizio, including many masterpieces from the collection. 

• 11 statues

• 7 coffins

• 2 sarcophagi

• 6 stelae

• 1 human mummy

• 7 animal mummies

• 2 papyri

• 135 amulets

All contents for the exhibition panels, labels and other texts are produced by the curators from Museo Egizio. The display of Sekhmet: Mistress of life. Magic and medicine in ancient Egypt includes: 

An information system consisting of panels written by expert-staff from Museo Egizio will accompany the entire exhibition.

All objects will be exhibited with a label containing basic data and a description.

3 VIDEOS
The exhibition videos are made by scholars and curators from Museo Egizio, as well as other institutions.

INFOGRAPHICS
Accompanied by infographics, selected objects will serve to illustrate biographical, mythological, or historical events depending on their specific characteristics.

Museo Egizio will collaborate with the host institution to create the exhibition catalogue, providing texts and images.

• Introduction to the exhibition written by the Director of Museo Egizio, Christian Greco

• A short essay written by the Exhibition Curator

• Descriptive texts of all exhibits

• High-resolution pictures of all exhibits

Through a selection of beautiful objects from Museo Egizio in Turin, Sekhmet: Mistress of life. Magic and medicine in ancient Egypt will explore the religious world of ancient Egypt and the figure of the goddess Sekhmet. The exhibition also intends to discuss two correlated aspects of pharaonic culture: magic and medicine.

Sekhmet: Mistress of life. Magic and medicine in ancient Egypt targets an audience interested in learning about the ancient Egyptian civilization, getting a glimpse of the legendary land and an overview of some of its distinctive features. Descriptive panels and multimedia contents will guide the visitors to discover society, burial practises, domestic cults and much more!

Museo Egizio's technical staff supervises all handling and transportation procedures, ranging from packing the artefacts until their final installation at the exhibition venue. Museo Egizio provides all needed support to the local staff in order to make sure that the artefacts are handled in the most safe and secure manner.

• Max: about 1000 m²  

• Min: about 700 m² 

All the collection items will be protected using security systems designed to prevent intentional or malicious contact by visitors; systems such as barriers and display cases equipped with alarm/detection sensors are required. The standard showcase requested by the lender should be secured, lockable and stable enough to protect the object from any vibration and/or bumps. All materials used in manufacturing have to be chemically inert without any kind of gas emission. Lighting and conditioning are not allowed inside the showcases unless otherwise specified and agreed upon in writing.

All objects that require a purpose-built mount (from a conservation point of view) will travel with their mount.

Max n.3 couriers

It takes about 10 working days