It's a civilisation that has captivated people across the world for centuries. So as the National Museum of Australia opens its summer blockbuster, Discovering Ancient Egypt, it must know it's onto a winner.
Featuring items from one of the world's finest Egyptian collections, from the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden), it exhibits more than 220 intriguing objects dating 3700 BCE to 15th century CE, including decorated coffins, ornate sculptures, rare Book of the Dead scrolls, jewellery and mummified people and animals.
