To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt April 7, 2010

Encompassing more than one hundred objects drawn from the Brooklyn Museum's world-renowned holdings of ancient Egyptian art, including some of the greatest masterworks of the Egyptian artistic heritage, 'To Live Forever' explores the Egyptians' beliefs about life, death and the afterlife; the process of mummification; the conduct of a funeral; and the different types of tombs -- answering questions at the core of the public's fascination with ancient Egypt.