"Osiris"

The exhibition « Osiris, Egypt’s sunken mysteries » brings back to life one of ancient Egypt’s secret rites: the Mysteries of Osiris !

After being held first at the Arab World Institute and then at the British Museum, it will now be seen at the Museum Rietberg in Zurich.

Osirian gods placed on the seabed in Aboukir Bay. Bronze statuettes discovered on the site of Thonis-Heracleion, Egypt, 6th-2nd centuries BC.

Scenography: Sylvain Roca, Nicolas Groult

Divinités osiriennes posées sur les fonds sous-marin de la baie d’Aboukir. Statuettes en bronze découvertes sur le site de Thônis-Héracléion, Égypte, VIe – IIe s. av. J.-C.

Opening: February 2017
Location: Zürich Rietberg Museum, Switzerland
Area: 1300 m2
Production: Rietberg Museum, Zurich