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Egyptian Faience: An Alchemy for Afterlife

Type:Exhibition

The Atkinson, Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 1DB

Tel: 01704 533 333

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Egyptian Faience: An Alchemy for Afterlife

Shabtis are figurines that once filled the tombs of ancient Egypt.  In the eyes of the Egyptians, death was not an end but a threshold to another life, an eternal journey where shabtis would serve as tireless companions, performing labours in the afterlife.  Even the poor had their humble shabtis, while the wealthy surrounded themselves with multitudes, each figurine arranged in a careful hierarchy.  The overseer shabtis, adorned in the garments of the living, like kilts, commanded this army of the dead.

Artist Zahed Taj-Eddin reimagines a world where these tombs are opened in our time, where his Nu-Shabtis awaken to a startling revelation: there is no afterlife, no god of the underworld, no masters to serve, and no tasks to complete.  Freed from their ancient purpose, they become beings unbound, free to explore, to question, and to shape their own destinies.

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Opening Times

Season (26 Oct 2024 - 25 Oct 2025)
DayTimes
Monday - Saturday10:00 - 16:00

* Closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Awards

  • Sub-Regional AwardsPartner of Visit Lancashire Partner of Visit Lancashire 2018

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