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Oops. It's two more stops. One in Calgary, the other in Ottawa.

http://www.calgaryattractions.com/events.html

Petra: Lost City of Stone, October 29, 2005 to February 20, 2006

Glenbow Museum
130-9th Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0P3
phone: (403) 268-4100
e-mail: glenbow@glenbow.org

http://www.glenbow.org/media.htm

Then at Ottawa:

Canadian Museum Of Civilization
100 Laurier
Hull, QC J8X4G1
(819) 776-7000
April 7, 2006 to January 2, 2007

http://www.civilization.ca/expo/ex01e.asp?ExID=285

The CMC is also hosting the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition through the 12th of this month, and in May begins Pompeii:

May 27, 2005 to September 12, 2005

http://www.civilization.ca/expo/ex01e.asp?ExID=291

On August 24 in A.D. 79, the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Many people were unable to escape in time, and were killed by noxious gases, intense heat and volcanic debris.

These buried cities remained lost for more than 17 centuries, and it was only in 1748 that they began to be rediscovered, and sporadically revealed, by archaeologists. Today, the internationally renowned treasures of Pompeii and Herculaneum have become the most important group of buildings, and the most complete and intact archaeological remains, of their time.

More recently, the discovery of complete buildings – as well as splendid, and previously unknown, masterpieces of silverware, painting and sculpture – have revived an interest in even the most mundane details of daily life in this region during the Roman Empire. In addition, moulds taken of some of the volcano's victims during the first archaeological digs evoke the unfortunate end of those living in the shadow of Vesuvius on that fateful day.

In this exceptional new exhibition, built around the "stories" of individuals who were taken by surprise when Vesuvius erupted and who tried in vain to flee the inevitable, the results of archaeological digs and scientific research provide visitors with an experience that is rich in both emotion and discovery.

Reservations required. Additional admission fee for this exhibition. For information, call (819) 776-7000.

Pompeii was developed by the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei together with the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Caserta, and promoted by the Regione Campania-Assessorato ai Beni Culturali, with the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo and a contribution from the Autrostrade Meridionali SpA.

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