Egypt
Heritage Key (Sean Williams)
With video and photographs.
- Museums: Interview With The Petrie's Stephen Quirk
Heritage Key (Sean Williams) Dr Stephen Quirke is a lecturer of Egyptology at University College London, and curator of the Petrie Museum, named after the famous archaeologist William Flinders Petrie. Dr Quirke has written several books on Ancient Egypt;...
- Museums
Hermione the mummy on show at Girton College physorg.com There are three major collections, namely Anglo-Saxon, Egyptian and Mediterranean, which include significant, and in some cases unique pieces such as Hermione Grammatike, a named portrait mummy...
- Exhibition: Excavating Egypt Moves To Miami
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) It is nice to see that Excavating Egypt is on its travels again. As usual Stan Parchin has produced a reliably clear and informative account, describing the background to the exhibition, an overview of the exhibits and the main...
- Book Review: Excavating Egypt
About.com I am fairly sure that I've featured this review previously, but new visitors may be interested (an anyway, its Petrie!). There are some lovely photographs accompanying the article: A Special Exhibition Catalogue Review by Stan Parchin Excavating...
- Petrie Collection Exhibition At Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18741"The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum will open the exhibit Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College, London on February...
Egypt
Feature: The Petrie Museum's Amelia Edwards
Heritage Key (Sean Williams)
With video and photographs.
There have been many great women in the times and study of Ancient Egypt - Hatshepsut and Nefertiti are two great examples. Yet in the era of discovery; the time in which great explorers pioneered the excavation of Egypt's greatest treasures, one woman sticks out louder than Liberace in a dole queue. Cue Amelia Edwards, a Victorian writer and adventurer who bucked the conservative traditions of her time to help found one of London's greatest museums.
We meet Petrie Museum curator Stephen Quirke at 10am on a bleak British morning, drizzling rain just about getting our umbrellas out in the heart of Bloomsbury, just yards from the British Museum. The public won't be here for another three hours; we've got carte blanche to investigate the museum's myriad cases, displays and exhibits with their current custodian.
It's clear from the outset that Dr Quirke, a much-respected auteur on the language and culture of Ancient Egypt, holds a huge amount of respect for Amelia Edwards (1831 - 1892).
- Museums: Interview With The Petrie's Stephen Quirk
Heritage Key (Sean Williams) Dr Stephen Quirke is a lecturer of Egyptology at University College London, and curator of the Petrie Museum, named after the famous archaeologist William Flinders Petrie. Dr Quirke has written several books on Ancient Egypt;...
- Museums
Hermione the mummy on show at Girton College physorg.com There are three major collections, namely Anglo-Saxon, Egyptian and Mediterranean, which include significant, and in some cases unique pieces such as Hermione Grammatike, a named portrait mummy...
- Exhibition: Excavating Egypt Moves To Miami
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) It is nice to see that Excavating Egypt is on its travels again. As usual Stan Parchin has produced a reliably clear and informative account, describing the background to the exhibition, an overview of the exhibits and the main...
- Book Review: Excavating Egypt
About.com I am fairly sure that I've featured this review previously, but new visitors may be interested (an anyway, its Petrie!). There are some lovely photographs accompanying the article: A Special Exhibition Catalogue Review by Stan Parchin Excavating...
- Petrie Collection Exhibition At Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=18741"The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum will open the exhibit Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College, London on February...