Wendy Doniger on Phillips

From A Contemporary Book of the Dead

"As these images pile up on your retina they reinforce one another in ways that make you feel that everything has its reflection and its shadow, that one life is always doubled in another. At the same time, the medium, painting on thin pieces of papyrus, suggests the fragile wrappings of mummies, the shrouds of tombs, the survival of ancient wisdom."

Wendy Doniger Co- Author of A Contemporary Book of the Dead
Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, University of Chicago

My Left Eye In A Canopic Jar - Watercolor on Papyrus

Phillips At the Saatchi Showdown

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Phillips and Companions will Eye Ay

“i would like to explore the tomb and the story of ay, the egyptian pharaoh who somewhat followed king tut.

“recently we heard that zahi hawass has discovered that tut was not murdered but died of measles. the traditional story is that ay murdered the boy king for his own selfish purposes.”

Tutankhamun's death at the age of 18 or 19, together with his failure to produce an heir, left a power vacuum that his Grand Vizier Ay was quick to fill. The grounds on which Ay based his successful claim to power are not entirely clear.

More Info: AY -- WIKIPEDIA