Egypt
- Exhibition: Pharoah: King Of Egypt, Birmingham Uk
Edge Magazine 14th July – 14th October 2012 This summer, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is hosting the UK’s largest ever exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts on loan from the British Museum. PHARAOH: King of Egypt features amazing...
- Exhibition: Eton College Objects At Jhu
The JHU Gazette With photo. A renowned collection of Egyptian decorative art from Eton College in Windsor, England, has arrived at The Johns Hopkins University for long-term research and display in the university’s Archaeological Museum. Glazed blue...
- Clarification - Myers Museum Collection
REPOSTED FROM YESTERDAY Many thanks to Dr Nick Reeves for sending me the following clarification re the Myers Collection: Dear Andie May I provide you and your readers with an accurate statement concerning the return to Egypt of antiquities recently...
- Eton Myers Collection Virtual Museum + Sudan Archive Digitisation
JISC - Eton Myers Thanks very much to Jonathan Calvert for pointing me at this site. The Eton Myers Collection Virtual Museum will provide the centre piece of the University of Birmingham’s Virtual Worlds Laboratory (VWL), by providing virtual access...
- More Re: Conference: Intercultural Contacts In The Ancient Mediterranean
Al-Ahram Weekly Archaeologists working around the Mediterranean met two weeks ago in Cairo to discuss intercultural relations between the countries of the region. The conference focused on theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of...
Egypt
Exhibition: Communication in Ancient Egypt
University of Birmingham
Since the very beginning of human evolution, communication has played a crucial role in social development. In our modern world, when messages are conveyed through countless routes, it is very appropriate to look back and understand how interaction influenced past societies.
‘Connections’ aims to explore the ways in which the ancient Egyptians communicated between each other and those in a wider international environment. The methods they used are not far removed from our own, using various verbal and non-verbal techniques. Contributions to this study include investigations of written communication, along with interaction through material culture, gestures and much more. ‘Connections’ hopes to provide a unique insight into the ways that the Egyptians communed with the deceased, the illiterate, the divine and sacred worlds, foreign countries and different social groups.
An online catalogue accompanies a physical exhibition taken from objects loaned to the University of Birmingham from the Eton College Joseph William Myers Collection of Egyptian antiquities. These objects are among the finest items of Egyptian art to have been collected during the late nineteenth century. Many of them are small masterpieces in their own right – but those less aesthetic objects also communicated messages, and have not been neglected in this project.
- Exhibition: Pharoah: King Of Egypt, Birmingham Uk
Edge Magazine 14th July – 14th October 2012 This summer, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is hosting the UK’s largest ever exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts on loan from the British Museum. PHARAOH: King of Egypt features amazing...
- Exhibition: Eton College Objects At Jhu
The JHU Gazette With photo. A renowned collection of Egyptian decorative art from Eton College in Windsor, England, has arrived at The Johns Hopkins University for long-term research and display in the university’s Archaeological Museum. Glazed blue...
- Clarification - Myers Museum Collection
REPOSTED FROM YESTERDAY Many thanks to Dr Nick Reeves for sending me the following clarification re the Myers Collection: Dear Andie May I provide you and your readers with an accurate statement concerning the return to Egypt of antiquities recently...
- Eton Myers Collection Virtual Museum + Sudan Archive Digitisation
JISC - Eton Myers Thanks very much to Jonathan Calvert for pointing me at this site. The Eton Myers Collection Virtual Museum will provide the centre piece of the University of Birmingham’s Virtual Worlds Laboratory (VWL), by providing virtual access...
- More Re: Conference: Intercultural Contacts In The Ancient Mediterranean
Al-Ahram Weekly Archaeologists working around the Mediterranean met two weeks ago in Cairo to discuss intercultural relations between the countries of the region. The conference focused on theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of...