Egypt at the Manchester Museum
Egypt

Egypt at the Manchester Museum


Egypt at the Manchester Museum

There have been a number of updates by Campbell Price in the last couple of weeks. Have a look at the above page to find out more about the following topics:

  • Curator’s Diary 10/7/12: Pagans, Christians and Muslims – Egypt in the First Millennium AD
  • Photographing Fragrances
  • Texts in translation #7: The shabti spell of Horudja
  • Curator’s Diary 30/6/12: CT scanning Asru … and a crocodile mummy!
  • Texts in translation #6: A stela of Peniwemiteru (Acc. No. R4571 1937)
  • Curator’s Diary 15/6/12: More than Musty Mummies…? ACCES seminar in Swansea
  • Curator’s Diary 13/6/12: Egyptian Collections and Collectors in Brussels
  • Object biography #6: The crown from a colossal statue of Ramesses II (Acc. No. 1783)




- The Acces Seminar At The Egypt Centre
Ancient Egyptian Cobra Project  (Kasia Szpakowska) Well worth reading through this great summary of what sounds like an excellent day: Back from a wonderful day long seminar hosted by Swansea's Egypt Centre for ACCES on More Than Musty Mummies:...

- Why Do Museums Collect… Shabtis?
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) One of the most popular and ubiquitous items of ancient Egyptian funerary equipment is the small servant figurine – or shabti. Most museums with an Egyptian collection, however small, include at least...

- Curator’s Diary 7/5/12: Ct-scanning The Mummies (i)
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) Does anyone know if there's a project collating the various mummy scan results world-wide? Last week I followed in a proud Manchester Museum tradition when I accompanied four of our mummies to the Manchester...

- Texts In Translation #1: The Heart Scarab Of Na-her-hu
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) Campbell Price continues to do an excellent job of making Egyptian objects more accessible to the general public on the Manchester Museum blog. With a photograph of the inscription on the scarab. Visitors...

- Dig Diary: Excavations At The Temple Of Mut, Karnak
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