On Saturday 30 May 2020 the exhibition “Under the sky of Nut. Divine Egypt’ finally opened at the Archaeological Museum of Milan on Saturday 30 May 2020, after the health emergency had postponed its opening.

The exhibition illustrates the theme of the divine in Egypt, leading the visitor to discover the origins of the world and the role that men and gods are called upon to play in the maintenance of the cosmos. The exhibition deals with the significance of the hybrid representations of the gods, the theme of daily devotion and magic and concludes with the destiny that awaits man in the afterlife. The sky of Nut, the celestial space where man will accompany the sun on its daily journey, but also the womb where the regeneration of both the sun and the deceased takes place, is the starting and ending point of the exhibition. The objects on display come from both the Milanese civic collections and from the most important Italian Egyptological collections (Egyptian Museum of Turin, National Archaeological Museum of Florence, Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna, Civic Museums of History and Art of Trieste, Museum of the University of Pavia).

The Archaeological Museum of the University of Pavia has lent an important Amduat papyrus to the exhibition, see the #LetstalkabouttheMuseum page for a description of the find.

The Museum and the exhibition are open Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Booking is required on http://museicivicimilano.vivaticket.it/.

The exhibition is included in the exhibition itinerary of the Archaeological Museum of Milan, at no additional cost.