The British Museum's collections, £16.99
The Divine Cat:
speaking to the gods in Ancient Egypt
An exhibition of one the
British Museum's most famous ancient Egyptian objects.
One of the British Museum’s most famous and best-loved Egyptian artefacts is the Gayer-Anderson cat, that is dated to after 600BC. Forty-two centimetres high and adorned with gold and silver jewellery, it is one of the finest examples of a copper alloy statue to survive from ancient Egypt.
It was the focal point of a hugely successful display in Room 3 at the British Museum in 2007 and will now travel to Brent Museum in Willesden, London, in collaboration with the London Renaissance Hub.
Brent
Museum, London
12 March – 10 May 2009
Image: Gayer-Anderson cat, from Saqqara, Egypt, after 600 BC
A British Museum Tour,
generously supported by the Dorset Foundation