Author Description

Egyptian art of high artistic merit is represented in several collections in Denmark: the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, the National Museum, and Thorvaldsens Museum with additional objects in Ordrupgaard and the Carsten Niebuhr Institute. This book presents sculpture, reliefs, wall-paintings, as well as arts and crafts, together for the first time, revealing Copenhagen to be an important base for the study of the civilisation of ancient Egypt. The book contains more than 100 illustrations in color.