Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Tattoos, Sex and Dancing Girls - With a Nubian Connection

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The title reflects a few myths about tattoos in ancient Egypt, and a few debatable points. There are lots of myths about tattoos in anci...
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Wednesday, 2 October 2013

More Nubian Stuff - Faience Head, a Talisman for Children

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EC537 is a faience head of a Nubian. The head can be recognised as Nubian by the treatment of the eyes and by the cruciform hairstyle. T...
Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Black History Month and Nubian archers

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October is black history month where all things associated with the African diaspora are celebrated. So, in honour of the month, the plan is...
Thursday, 12 September 2013

Mentuhotep II embracing his wife

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A diversion from my work- but related. Mentuhotep II embracing his wife Sadeh in his temple at Deir el-Bahri (from Naville 1910). An unus...
Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Your right eye is the Evening Boat

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This rather beautiful but very damaged Ptolemaic mummy mask was put on display in the upstairs gallery in the Egypt Centre in 2009. We put...
Monday, 22 July 2013

Amarna daemons- Beset?

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In the last post I introduced our beaded collars and asked fake or not fake? Well, the individual beads on them are certainly genuine. ...
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Monday, 15 July 2013

Amarna Collars and things

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Did you know we have over 200 items from Amarna in the Egypt Centre. If you want the full list just have a look on our searchable catalogu...
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