Project « Hybrids in Egypt and beyond. A multicultural phenomenon »
Halfway between animal, human, plant or animated object, hybrids are to be found in many civilisations. What is the intellectual and/or artistic thinking behind the creation of these figures?
Hybrid creatures exist, and continue to be represented, in the mythological, religious and identity constructs of a great many cultures according to their own visual and philosophical language. This multidisciplinary project, which permeates through all the Mariemont collections, will be based on particularly significant case studies such as the Egyptian god Anubis or the Sogdian “priest-birds”.
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The research carried out at Mariemont is organised around 8 thematic areas which reflect the specific features of the scientific work carried out in the museum sector.
There are around thirty collaborative research projects in which members of the Mariemont scientific team are involved.
The results of this research are made available to the scientific community and are the subject of ongoing accessibility work to ensure that they are passed on to the public.