Thursday, 21 January 2016

Thank you Griffith Institute -it's amazing what you can find out online!

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Last term we had a few MA students in the Egypt Centre looking at 'real' hieroglyphs (instead of ones in books). One of the things w...
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Wednesday, 20 January 2016

A bit of a shrine with an unknown king

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I am trying to find out more about this item. It is number EC485 in our collection and measures 264 by 164 mm. It has been mounted on a p...
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Friday, 13 November 2015

Daemon snakes and green skinned goddesses

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Been finding out a bit more about this, W1307. I thought is showed the ouroboros, a symbol of eternity,  surrounding Isis. It appears ...
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Thursday, 22 October 2015

Amarna, looking at flints, playing with dogs!

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I know loads of you will disagree but I find the whole business of the royal family at Amarna, who succeeded whom, etc., a bit dull. I'...
Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Plaster casts, class and art. CIPEG 2015.

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We have a handling tray of real ancient artefacts (not masterpieces) for all visitors to enjoy at the Egypt Centre because we believe in t...
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Friday, 11 September 2015

Useful enquiries

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Sometimes museum enquiries seem time consuming and not at all useful to the museum. In fact, for this reason some museums have considered ...
Thursday, 27 August 2015

Professor George Kerferd

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Today a visitor came to the Egypt Centre asking about Professor George Kerford (January 15th 1915 to August 15th 1998). We unfortunately don...
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