Ancient EgyptWorld Museum Liverpool
ECHO
Ancient Egypt is the latest treasure trove to open in the ever-expanding World Museum Liverpool.
As revealed in the ECHO last month one of its priceless exhibits is the vividly coloured girdle of the last great pharaoh, Rameses the Third, now to be on public display for the first time since before World War ll.
Dating from 1180BC, the girdle was worn by Rameses as he rode his chariot into battle. It is a unique artefact from the ancient world. There is nothing like it, even in the exhibits from Tutankhamen’s tomb.
Among other items going on permanent display from this Friday is the mummy which inspired the Victorian novelist H Rider Haggard’s novel She, about a queen who waits 2,000 years for her lost love.
The collection follows the development of the Egyptian kingdom from the time of the first king, Menes, (3000BC) through to the time of the legendary Queen Cleopatra, who died in 30BC, and the Greek and Roman periods.
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