Egypt
Petrie Museum Blog
- Ancient Egyptians Believed In Coiffure After Death
New Scientist (Cian O'Luanaigh) Ancient Egyptians wouldn't be caught dead without hair gel. Style in the afterlife was just as important as it was during life on Earth – and coiffure was key. To this end, men and women alike would have...
- Petrie Museum Book Auction Finances Conservation Project
Thanks to Jan Picton for announcing that this year's book auction raised 6,300 uk pounds for the current conservation project of the stone reliefs and inscriptions in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. All the books were donated by both members...
- Sample, Don't Trample
The Scientist (Bob Grant) Historical, archaeological, and paleontological artifacts are precious. And often preciously small: a 500-millimeter fossil fragment, 2 milligrams of charcoal from a prehistoric fire. Decoding the chemical composition of a material—especially...
- Call For Papers For Egypt In Its African Context
Call for Papers: "Egypt in its African Context", The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, 3rd-4th October 2009 The African elements of the ancient Egyptian culture, and indeed its physical location in Africa, have frequently been ignored, and...
- Hair Extensions From Hierakonpolis
Pop Omnivore This post on the National Geographic's blog Pop Omnivore actually dates to October, but it is one of the items featured in the inaugural edition of the Carnival of Curiosities Blog Carnival (for an explanation of blog carnivals see the...
Egypt
Getting to the root of Egyptian hair
Petrie Museum Blog
Thanks to Jan Picton for the news that the Petrie Museum is co-operating in an interesting new project. Called “African Combs: 5000 years of culture, politics, and identity,” a multi-disciplinary project at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, aims to trace over 5000 years of history of the African Comb from the Predynastic period in Egypt to the twentieth century in the UK and US. The project will include oral histories and personal testimonies that will document attitudes towards hair and grooming in the present day. Recording personal stories relating to hair combs and hair is a crucial part of this project.
To get involved at the Petrie Museum, watch for up coming workshops and focus groups on hair combs. If you can't get to the museum you can still participate.
Anyone interested in taking part in the project should contact Sally-Ann Ashton on 01223 332905, or e-mail [email protected], and for more information check their website, above.
To get involved at the Petrie Museum, watch for up coming workshops and focus groups on hair combs. If you can't get to the museum you can still participate.
Anyone interested in taking part in the project should contact Sally-Ann Ashton on 01223 332905, or e-mail [email protected], and for more information check their website, above.
- Ancient Egyptians Believed In Coiffure After Death
New Scientist (Cian O'Luanaigh) Ancient Egyptians wouldn't be caught dead without hair gel. Style in the afterlife was just as important as it was during life on Earth – and coiffure was key. To this end, men and women alike would have...
- Petrie Museum Book Auction Finances Conservation Project
Thanks to Jan Picton for announcing that this year's book auction raised 6,300 uk pounds for the current conservation project of the stone reliefs and inscriptions in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. All the books were donated by both members...
- Sample, Don't Trample
The Scientist (Bob Grant) Historical, archaeological, and paleontological artifacts are precious. And often preciously small: a 500-millimeter fossil fragment, 2 milligrams of charcoal from a prehistoric fire. Decoding the chemical composition of a material—especially...
- Call For Papers For Egypt In Its African Context
Call for Papers: "Egypt in its African Context", The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, 3rd-4th October 2009 The African elements of the ancient Egyptian culture, and indeed its physical location in Africa, have frequently been ignored, and...
- Hair Extensions From Hierakonpolis
Pop Omnivore This post on the National Geographic's blog Pop Omnivore actually dates to October, but it is one of the items featured in the inaugural edition of the Carnival of Curiosities Blog Carnival (for an explanation of blog carnivals see the...