The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, will host "Treasures of the Pharaohs," an exhibition of 130 ancient Egyptian artifacts including granite statues, gold jewelry, funerary masks, and sarcophagi, opening in March 2027. The show features Queen Ahhotep’s golden sarcophagus and recently unearthed objects from a worker’s community in the Valley of the Kings, on loan from the Luxor Museum and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It is currently on view in Rome and will travel to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco before arriving in Fort Worth as its second and final North American stop.
The exhibition matters because it brings together a "staggering" amount of gold and a wide range of material spanning 3,000 years of Egyptian history, including newly discovered artifacts that offer insight into both pharaonic elites and the workers who sustained their empires. The show underscores the enduring global fascination with ancient Egypt and provides a rare opportunity for North American audiences to see these masterpieces, which are typically housed in Egyptian museums.