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Part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum.

The ancient Egyptians believed that to make rebirth possible for a deceased woman, she briefly had to turn into a man. In A Woman’s Afterlife: Gender Transformation in Ancient Egypt, the Brooklyn Museum presents new research—inspired in part by feminist scholarship—to tell this remarkable story of gender transformation in the ancient world. Opening on December 15, the exhibi- tion showcases 25 works from the Museum’s celebrated Egyptian collection to explore the differences between male and female access to the afterlife. The …