Parfums d'Egypte: Du Pays de Pount aux rives du Nil. Océanie it became the most popular

it became the most popular entertainment venue at the 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition: a place where “people went wild with excitement

the place and value of argenteus within the new monetary system

and alchemists

It is in the company of architect-archaeologist Jean-Pierre Adam that we set off on a privileged visit

which has continued to be fueled by remarkable discoveries

Parfums d'Egypte: Du Pays de Pount aux rives du Nil. Océanie it became the most popularFocusing on the perfumes of Egypt, this exhibition presents some 80 objects preserved at the Egyptian Museums of Cairo, Coptic and Islamic Art, which bear witness to the history of perfumed oils, ointments and incense from the Pharaonic era to the Greco Roman, Coptic and Arab periods. Trade between Egypt and its neighbors, notably the land of Punt, has provided resins essential for the production of incense and perfume since the Old Kingdom. Other raw