Caroline Rocheleau is an Egyptologist, an archaeologist, a Nubiologist, and the curator of ancient art at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Oh! And she’s also a very proud Canadian. Caroline studied ancient Egypt and Nubia for so long the University of Toronto gave her both a Master’s and a PhD. She’s also received a BA in art history and a degree in art (she can’t paint to save her life but is pretty good at drawing). At the Museum she takes care of all the ancient art, does research on the collection, gives lectures, goes to conferences and visits other museums, writes articles, books, and blog posts, plans exhibitions, and goes to a lot of meetings. When she wants to run away from it all, she grabs her Tilley hat and her trowel and goes off on a dig.
The NCMA takes part in a world-wide museum celebration May 18.
Ancient Egyptian secrets uncovered: an invitation for kids and families
Golden Boy visits the photography studio
The Egyptian Gallery is roped off this week–Caroline gives us the story
Caroline answers some common questions from the galleries
January 6, 2010 – 12:19 pm
Caroline (finally!) tells all about a monumental archeological discovery in Sudan.
November 13, 2009 – 1:30 pm
Caroline visits the Egyptian collection at the just reopened Neues Museum in Berlin.
October 16, 2009 – 2:55 pm
Next in the continuing adventures of our mummy covering (a.k.a. The Golden Boy), Caroline has a moment of inspiration.
September 17, 2009 – 5:27 pm
Curators and conservators get a rare look inside an object from the Egyptian Collection.
The first in the series of posts following our “Golden Boy” on his way to the new building comes from Dr. Caroline Rocheleau: In ancient Egypt, it was essential that an idealised representation of the facial features of the deceased be present on the exterior of the mummified body so that the soul might recognise its body after [...]
