ON 6.JUNE, THE NILE CAME TO TULSA WITH THE DEBUT OF 'TO LIVE FOREVER: EGYPTIAN TREASURES FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM'. THIS BLOCKBUSTER SHOW, ON VIEW THROUGH 12.SEPTEMBER PROMISES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITIONS THAT THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM EVER HAS HOSTED. AS ITS TITLE SUGGESTS, TO LIVE FOREVER EXPLORES THE AGE-OLD QUESTIONS OF IMMORTALITY AND LIFE AFTER DEATH. FOR ANCIENT EGYPTIANS, DEATH WAS AN ENEMY THAT COULD BE OVERCOME THROUGH A BIT OF INGENUITY, THE END OF LIFE ON EARTH WAS MERELY A PORTAL TO THE NEW BEGINNING. FOR ITS SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES, THE PHILBROOK HAS DRAWN FROM THE EXTENSIVE HOLDINGS OF THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, RENOWNED AS ONE OF THE RICHEST COLLECTIONS OF SUCH ART IN THE WORLD. MORE THAN 120 RARE OBJECTS, INCLUDING MUMMIES, COFFINS, SARCOPHAGI, STATUARY, JEWELRY AND FUNERARY SHROUDS, TRACE THE EGYPTIANS' ALL-CONSUMING EFFORTS TO OUTFIT THEIR TOMBS TO PLEASE THE GODS, SUBDUE DEATH AND ALLOW THEM TO 'LIVE FOREVER' IN THE AFTERLIFE. AS TO LIVE FOREVER MOVES THROUGH THE PRACTICAL PROCESS OF PREPARING FOR DEATH, THE FOCUS SHIFTS TO MUMMIFICATION, FUNERALS AND TOMBS. THE EXHIBITION FEATURES THE ACTUAL SILK-SHROUDED MUMMY OF A MAN NAMED DEMETRIOS, AS WELL AS THE WIDE VARIETY OF EVERYDAY AND EXTRA-SPECIAL ITEMS THE TIMELESS TRAVELER WOULD NEED TO SURVIVE IN ETERNITY. THE EXHIBITION SHOWS THE REALITIES FACED BY RICH AND POOR ALIKE IN CREATING OR APPROPRIATING SUCH EXPENSIVE MATERIALS TO OUTFIT THEIR TEMPLES OR TOMBS AS ETERNAL RESTING PLACES.
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