Dr. Sara E. Cole, assistant curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum, discusses the Getty’s collection of ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead manuscripts and a forthcoming exhibition and publication that will make this material available to the public for the first time.

Sara E. Cole is assistant curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum and holds a PhD in Ancient History from Yale University. Her work focuses on the visual culture of Greco-Roman Egypt and cross-cultural exchanges in antiquity. At the Getty, she has been involved in the ongoing initiative “The Classical World in Context” and has curated or co-curated exhibitions of Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Neo-Assyrian, Persian, and Nubian art. 

NOTE: Later this year we are planning to do a trip to the Getty Villa for a guided, behind-the-scenes tour of the exhibit