Thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers we have been able to make some significant additions to our Egyptian and Near Eastern collections. This munificent gift is particularly welcome now as Atlanta celebrates Egypt with the exhibition "Tutankhamun The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs." Among the objects we have been able to add to our small but growing collection include a relief from the reign of Thutmosis IV, the great-grandfather of Tutankhamun. This relief depicts one of two Nile gods that flanked the King's cartouche and is executed in a new style that would become characteristic of the late 18th Dynasty.

Also part of the gift is a monumental vessel in calcite or "Egyptian alabaster.” It is inscribed on both cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs with the name of Artaxerxes, the Persian ruler of Egypt. Under his cartouche is inscribed the epithet per a'a - "pharaoh."  A popular draw for visitors to the Museum, young and old, are animal mummies and we have been able to add a little crocodile mummy to our menagerie. Other important additions to the collections, made possible by Mrs. Chamber, are a relief of the god Amun with the horns of a ram from the reign of Ramesses II, a gold Canaanite 'horn pendant," a statue of a woman from Syria wearing a similar pendant, and a rare bronze vessel from the New Kingdom.

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1. Relief from the reign of Thutmosis IV, the great-grandfather of Tutankhamun
2. A vessel in calcite or "Egyptian alabaster.”