Frenzy around Hong Kong Palace Museum’s Egyptian show offers food for thought

Who would have thought the Egyptian exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum would be so popular? Art and relics from ancient Egypt are fascinating, of course. And the collection of over 200 treasured pieces, from seven major Egyptian museums and an archaeological site, gives us a glimpse into a very different world, reaching back into a mystical time when the ancient Egyptian civilisation flourished. But who would have thought the exhibition would draw the crowds it did when it opened last...