Temporary exhibitions
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Lecture on the occasion of the performance of the opera AIDA
OPERA IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ASTURIAS. Archaeology and music. Science and artistic inspiration Thursday December 19th at 5.30 p.m. at the Archaeological Museum of Asturias The Opera Foundation of Oviedo wants to bring opera closer to the general public and so has arisen the collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Asturias around the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi to be performed at the Teatro Campoamor on 13, 15, 18 and 21 December. Conference Egyptology in Spain: from private collecting to the consolidation of a scientific discipline. by Mrs. ISABEL OLBES RUIZ DE ALDA, Department of Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities of the National Archaeological Museum. The fascination of Egyptian culture, millenary and complex, was perceived in Europe since ancient times. The biblical texts became an obligatory reference for the first travelers and pilgrims, as well as for cartographers and navigators. But it was not until the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century when, with Napoleon's military campaigns in Egypt and the study carried out by the scientific expedition, this ancient culture was rediscovered. The beginnings of Egyptology in Spain are rooted precisely in the 19th century, with private initiatives, linked to incipient collecting, but also to personal experiences. |
