

JEWELS OF THE PEARLY QUEEN
‘Cabinet of gems’ at Experience Barnsley Museum (© I.Trumble) with Cleopatra VII’s intaglio portrait c.50-30 BC (© British Museum) After our recent visit to Highclere Castle and its superb Egyptology collection, we’re now preparing to travel back to Cleopatra’s palatial capital Alexandria on our ‘Hidden Treasures’ tour. So between such lavish venues, it seems timely to bring you a bejewelled blog of wonderful things by opening up a cabinet of gems, the seventh case within our
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Ptolemaic Tapestries & the Finest Dining: at home with Cleopatra & the Queens
Barnsley-born DJ & icon Steph Hirst studying Cleopatra-style décor during our exhibition preview (© Barnsley Council) In a month which has seen the famous Bayeux Tapestry arrive in the UK (aka ‘London’), it’s all about ancient décor, palatial interiors and fine dining here at Immortal Egypt as we unpack our 6th case in the ‘Cleopatra & the Queens’ exhibition featured in this month’s Aroundtown lifestyle magazine at: https://www.aroundtownmagazine.co.uk/aroundtown-meets-profe
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CLEOPATRA THE LIVING GODDESS, LUNAR LADY & ISIS AUGUSTA
With August always starting with Yorkshire Day and ending with an Immortal-style birthday, this year also featured a partial eclipse, all of which links to our ‘Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt’ exhibition in Barnsley. Goddess Isis with case 5 in the ‘Cleopatra & the Queens of Egypt’ exhibition (© I.Trumble) So this month brings us to Case 5 and the great Cleopatra herself, appearing beneath the watchful gaze of our final exhibition goddess Isis who appears in golden outline
Aug 299 min read





