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Several exhibition halls are temporarily closed to the public as the frames are replaced. Find out more on our page devoted to this major project.

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« Face to Face: The People Behind the Mummy Portraits »

Study of 12 mummy portraits (also known as ‘Fayum portraits’) using the latest broadband spectral imaging techniques.

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« 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?

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« Egypt’s entry into modern-day popular culture »

Whether by its representation techniques or iconography, they have been attracted to, fascinated and inspired by Egyptian art for more than 2,000 years.

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« The Great Century of Burgundian Rule: a challenge for Belgian history? »

Over the last few years, through exhibitions, popular publications and quality television productions, the general public has been showing a renewed interest in the Burgundian era which lasted from the mid-14th to the mid-16th century.

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