MFA Highlights: Arts of Ancient Egypt

$19.95 at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Some of the first mummies, monumental sculptures and other ancient Egyptian artifacts to come to America became part of the holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as early as 1872. Today, with over 60,000 objects, the MFA's Egyptian collection is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. This volume features over 100 of the most important of these objects, with texts by three prominent Egyptologists. Introductions to each major period of ancient Egyptian history provide an overview of the…