Egypt
- Petrie Museum One Of The Most Unusual In London
The Telegraph (John O' Ceallaigh) It's not hyperbole to say that London is home to many of the world's best museums. Venues such as the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum and Design Museum can justly lay claim to being...
- Patient Aged 2,500 In For Tests
BBC News A team of radiographers at a London university have been preoccupied with a patient somewhat older than most - 2,500-year old Egyptian mummy Tahemaa. Specialists at City University in Islington, north London, used a CT scanner to learn more about...
- The Past Is A Foreign Country
New Statesman (Harry Mount) A nice piece looking at the impact of foreign cultures on British architecture. As well as India and China it features a section on Egyptian influences: The peculiarly British openness to new fashions meshed happily with the...
- A Guide To Ancient Egyptian London
The Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland) This is a super post from Margaret Maitland, with an interactive map of London (U.K.) showing all the key buildings and monuments which have been directly influenced by ancient Egyptian art and architecture. Here...
- Petrie - The Real Indiana Jones
http://tinyurl.com/af3mp (The Times Argus)A nice article produced on the back of the travelling exhibition Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London, which is now at the Albany Instutute...
Egypt
Cinematic Necropolis - Egypt in NE London
Yan, Tan, Tethera (Anna Garnett)
Nice write-up of a talk around some of London's Egyptianized buildings, with some good pics.
Nice write-up of a talk around some of London's Egyptianized buildings, with some good pics.
Yesterday I attended a walk organised by the Petrie Museum entitled 'Cinematic Necropolis', intended to explore Egyptianising monuments in North-East London. Being a newcomer to the city, and indeed to the Islington area, this seemed the perfect opportunity to combine local sightseeing with an interest in Egyptian-style architecture. Despite the threat of rain the group gradually assembled at the Carlton Cinema on Essex Road, Islington, which was the first stop on the walk.
- Petrie Museum One Of The Most Unusual In London
The Telegraph (John O' Ceallaigh) It's not hyperbole to say that London is home to many of the world's best museums. Venues such as the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum and Design Museum can justly lay claim to being...
- Patient Aged 2,500 In For Tests
BBC News A team of radiographers at a London university have been preoccupied with a patient somewhat older than most - 2,500-year old Egyptian mummy Tahemaa. Specialists at City University in Islington, north London, used a CT scanner to learn more about...
- The Past Is A Foreign Country
New Statesman (Harry Mount) A nice piece looking at the impact of foreign cultures on British architecture. As well as India and China it features a section on Egyptian influences: The peculiarly British openness to new fashions meshed happily with the...
- A Guide To Ancient Egyptian London
The Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland) This is a super post from Margaret Maitland, with an interactive map of London (U.K.) showing all the key buildings and monuments which have been directly influenced by ancient Egyptian art and architecture. Here...
- Petrie - The Real Indiana Jones
http://tinyurl.com/af3mp (The Times Argus)A nice article produced on the back of the travelling exhibition Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London, which is now at the Albany Instutute...