The Australian Museum in Sydney is hosting an interactive exhibition called “Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs” from 18 November 2023 to 19 May 2024.
The January tickets have been sold out due to high demand during the festive season. For the remaining months, the museum recommends that visitors purchase their tickets in advance.
The exhibition features 182 ancient Egyptian artefacts, including the coffin of Ramses II and other golden treasures that have never been seen in Australia.
Ramses II (1279-1213 BC) was one of the most powerful and influential pharaohs of the New Kingdom. He reigned for 66 years and left behind many monuments and statues.
The exhibition also features artefacts and ornate golden treasures, including one-of-a-kind relics such as sarcophagi, animal mummies, magnificent jewellery, spectacular royal masks, exquisite amulets – many of which have never left Egypt before.
The exhibition is on its fourth stop after Houston and San Francisco in the US and Paris, where it attracted more than 800,000 visitors.
Kim McKay, the Director and CEO of the Australian Museum, has previously told The Egyptian Gazette that the exhibition will encourage people to travel to Egypt to witness the iconic Pyramids and tombs for themselves as well as explore the various museums across Egypt.
“Ancient Egypt is fascinating. So, the public is rushing to purchase tickets. I think we would have sold over 100,000 tickets in advance at the time of opening! That’s an amazing result and is indicative of the curiosity people have for the Pharaohs, their Queens and the sophistication of ancient Egyptian culture.”
The exhibition is organised in partnership with World Heritage Exhibitions, Neon and the Houston Museum of Natural Science, with support of Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. It also gets funding from the NSW Government’s Create NSW Blockbusters Funding initiative.
