Life and the Afterlife: The Senusret Collection

Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection explores what objects can tell us about daily life, sacred life, and the afterlife. The Senusret Collection was gifted to the Michael C. Carlos Museum by the Georges Ricard Foundation in 2018. Ricard named the collection after the refined items discovered in the village of Hetep-Senusret, modern Lahun in the Egyptian Faiyum, which served the pyramid complex of King Senusret II.

Since its arrival at Emory, the Senusret Collection has provided valuable opportunities for student and faculty research, technical and scholarly collaboration, art historical analysis, object conservation, and provenance tracing. Examples are highlighted in videos and interactive content throughout the exhibition.

This exhibition has been made possible through generous support from the Forward Arts Foundation, the Morgens West Foundation, Dr. Ira and Linda Rampil, James B. Miller, Jr., Sandra Still, and Emily Katt. Public programming for the exhibition was made possible through generous support from Clara and John O’Shea, Linda and Ira Rampill, and donors to the Carlos Museum's successful 2021 Giving Tuesday initiative.

Click HERE to view the digital exhibition catalogue.

Click HERE to view a Youtube playlist of the videos that were included in the exhibition and 2 of the public programs that were presented in conjunction with the exhibition.