Queens of Egypt coming to Canadian Museum of History this May
The goddess Mut (“Mother”), wife of the Sun god Amun-Ra. One of the queens featured in this exhibition, Nefertari, was called the “beloved of Mut.” On the back of this statue, the donor prays to the rising sun, represented by the scarab-beetle god Khepri. © Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy.
(Via Canadian Museum of History)
The Canadian Museum of History is pleased to announce that it will present the exhibition
Queens of Egypt from May 19 to August 29, 2021. We look forward to sharing these stunning treasures and their stories with our visitors this summer.
Irish Famine migrants lives explored in online exhibition
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Virtual exhibit explores experiences of historic Irish famine migrants
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Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021 • March 12, 2021 • 4 minute read • OTTAWA Carla Ayukawa s mother s family had their property seized and were sent to a Japanese interment camp in British Columbia during the Second World War. Photo by Errol McGihon /Errol McGihon
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Carla Ayukawa’s mother was 12 years old when her family, along with some 22,000 other Japanese-Canadians in British Columbia, was forced by Mackenzie King’s government into an internment camp during the Second World War. The overtly racist policy was enacted out of fear of a Japanese invasion.