There are three ancient cultures whose images – we tend to call it art – have captured my imagination from an early age. The first to thrill me was that of ancient China, when I was very, very young. Later came fascination with the images of the ancient world of pre-Columbian Central America and the art of the Northwest Coast Haida, who are not really related, but I group in my mind as art of the Americas. The third, by no means the least, culture to catch my interest was that of ancient Egypt.

I read many books about Egypt and always wanted to visit the sites where so many treasures have been unearthed over the past two centuries. It is a world that is intrinsically interwoven with our own through the ancient Greco-Romans, and biblical tales. Sadly, unlike China, Central and North America, Egypt and its pyramids, and all they entail, have eluded me. Instead, I have had to satisfy my interest in ancient Egypt by going to museums. And right now, for Canadians, there is no better place to get a good dose of the world of the pharaohs than at the ROM.

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