Harvard Art Museums launched a new hands-on display of ancient Egyptian artifacts on Friday. By Pei Chao Zhuo
Harvard Art Museums opened their doors Friday for a hands-on display of ancient Egyptian artifacts, the first in a series of “First/Hand Fridays” that allows Harvard students to touch items in the museum’s private collection.
At the inaugural event, held in the Art Study Center, 10 attendees were permitted to hold and examine ushabtis — small human figurines historically buried with ancient Egyptians — during a presentation by curator and Egyptologist Jen Thum…