How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum. A detail of the gilded Book of the Dead of Ankhmerwer, a funerary ...
James Van Der Zee’s baroque, carefully composed funeral home photos illuminate century-old ideals of mourning and ritual in Black culture. By Walker Mimms When you purchase an independently reviewed ...
A sublime new permanent installation at the Brooklyn Museum, “Unrolling Eternity: The Brooklyn Books of the Dead,” illuminates ancient Egyptian burial rites and the transformational journey the ...
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