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A double statue of King Haremhab and Horus is displayed in the Divine Egypt exhibition, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NEW YORK – The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

That would be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s been more than a decade since the museum’s last big Egypt show, so “Divine Egypt” — a lavish exploration of how ancient Egyptians depicted their gods — is a major event, as evidenced by the crowds packing the show since its Oct. 12 opening.

After all, few things excite the museum-going public like ancient Egypt, notes Diana Craig Patch, the Met’s curator of Egyptian art.

“It’s the fi

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