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Anthony Forge: Biographical Sketch
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/anthony-forge-biographical-sketch/

What does art communicate?

Ramayana: The Bridge to Langka, Balinese painting E74168
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/ramayana-the-bridge-to-langka-balinese-painting-e74168/

The bridge that saved goddess Sita

Folk Tale: Pan and Men Brayut, Balinese, Painting E74195
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/folk-tale-pan-and-men-brayut-balinese-painting-e74195/

Who does all the chores?

The Fire Ordeal of Sita: Bali paintings E74160 and E74169
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/the-fire-ordeal-of-sita-bali-paintings-e74160-and-e74169/

How Sita saved her reputation

Scenes from Swarga (the afterlife): Balinese Painting E74161
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/scenes-from-swarga-the-afterlife-balinese-painting-e74161/

What happens in afterlife according to Balinese painting?

Funerals in ancient Egypt
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/funerals-in-ancient-egypt/

The funeral and burial of an ancient Egyptian was a complex process.

The underworld and the afterlife in ancient Egypt
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/the-underworld-and-the-afterlife-in-ancient-egypt/

To the ancient Egyptians, the underworld was a dangerous region that one's spirit had to traverse.

Funerary texts in ancient Egypt
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/funerary-texts-in-ancient-egypt/

Funerary texts acted as 'travel guides' for the dead in their journey through the underworld. These texts were written on walls, coffins, statues or papyri. They contained all the required passwords and spells for use in the underworld.

The Jeweller in ancient Egypt
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/the-jeweller-in-ancient-egypt/

Jewellers in ancient Egypt needed to know and follow a strict set of rules in order to fulfil the religious function of jewellery. Specific materials, colours and designs were often associated with certain gods and goddesses or had magical qualities of protection.

The Scribe and Hieroglyphs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/the-scribe-and-heiroglyphs/

Scribes held one of the noblest professions in ancient Egypt and were among the wealthier inhabitants of an artists village.The elevated status of scribes was due to the importance given to Egyptian written language and that only a small percentage of the population was literate.