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...Alan Lapiner. 460 pages. Abrams. $50. The pottery, statuary, textiles and metalwork of the ancient Americas are no longer considered mere artifacts of forgotten peoples but art forms that reflect the sophistication of complex civilization. The late Alan Lapiner chose to illustrate his book with outstanding examples of ritual tomb furnishings and gold and silver mummy ornaments from Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil. The result is a trove for collectors and browsers alike...
...luck that the tomb of Tutankhamun, pharaoh of Egypt from 1334 to 1325 B.C., escaped the predations of grave robbers over the millenniums. Largely luck too that British Archaeologist Howard Carter found the royal tomb in 1922 after 15 years of fruitless searching through the sere Valley of the Kings. Perhaps the timing was also lucky when J. Carter Brown, director of Washington's National Gallery of Art, began negotiating with Egyptian authorities in 1974 for a U.S. showing of the tomb's contents: a wave of pro-American feeling was just sweeping Cairo. In any case, millions...
Extra Tingle. The works are arranged in the order in which Howard Carter found them, lending an extra tingle to the exhibit. First comes selected contents of the tomb's antechamber. "Wonderful things," Carter had gasped when his candle flickered upon the objects that the 18-year-old pharaoh might need in the afterlife: alabaster cups for his wine, bejeweled amulets to ward off evil spirits, even an ivory-inlaid wooden throne to make him feel at home. But greater treasures lay ahead, as Carter discovered when he delved further into the tomb. What he saw (and what...
...Crystal Tomb. Hua's elevation to Chairman of the party-if and when it becomes official-is no surprise. As Premier and First Vice Chairman, Hua has effectively headed China's government since a strident wall-poster campaign ousted First Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing last April. Chosen in an apparent compromise between China's bickering radicals and pragmatists, Hua dynamically directed the rescue and rebuilding efforts following July's disastrous earthquakes. He impressed both foreign observers and party cadres with his skillful handling of Mao's obsequies...
Compared to these tomb murals, everything else seems dead. But a few things out of the past move Newbury...