"It's the week of Christmas, and whether you celebrate or not, we hope you get to spend some quality time with your family. But should you find yourself trapped in yet another spectacularly petty debate (guilty ...), we hope you'll also take solace in the fact that families - even the divine ones - have been messy since the time of Ancient Egypt. Greta Rainbow holds your hand through the delicious drama, which is on full view at The Met's Divine Egypt show."
"Banksy just painted a sobering mural in London addressing child homelessness - a stark reminder during a season meant for warmth, safety, and joy. Meanwhile, Christian nationalists often decry a so-called "war on Christmas" - all while pearl-clutching when Christian values are fully on view, as in a nativity scene protesting ICE's family separations and deportations at a parish in Dedham, Massachusetts."
Divine Egypt presents a range of family archetypes from Ancient Egypt, portraying gods and divine households as messy, human, and dramatic. The holiday season surfaces both private family quarrels and public ideological battles, including Banksy's London mural addressing child homelessness as a seasonal reminder of systemic crises. Nativity scenes are framed as inherently political symbols that assert God's presence among the marginalized and have been used to protest ICE family separations and deportations. The British Museum's recent long-term loans move is presented as part of broader debates over museum decolonization and institutional accountability.
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