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There is also more information at the Liverpool World Museum website, including a video:
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/:
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Egypt
More re new gallery at World Museum, Liverpool.
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A major new gallery at the World Museum Liverpool looks at the incredible world of the Pharaohs and the remarkable culture that built the Pyramids and the Sphinx.
Ancient Egypt, opening this Friday 5 December 2008, contains 1,500 fascinating exhibits from the museum’s world-class collections. One of its great treasures – the vividly-coloured belt of the last great Pharaoh, Rameses III – is going on display for the first time since before the Second World War. Dating from 1180 BC, the monarch probably wore it in battle while riding his chariot. This is a unique survival from the ancient world – there is nothing like it even in Tutankhamen’s Tomb.
Among the items on display are the mummy said to have inspired H Rider Haggard’s classic fantasy adventure She, about a beautiful queen who lives 2,000 years waiting for her lost love before shrivelling up into a pile of dust. The best-selling Victorian author was a keen collector of artefacts and helped popularise Ancient Egypt.
Visitors can 'unwrap' a mummy without it being touched using a computer interactive.
Ancient Egypt follows the development of the kingdom from the time of Menes, the first king of Egypt who reigned around 3000 BC, through the days of the Pharaohs, up to the time of the last ruler – the legendary Queen Cleopatra, who died in 30 BC – into the Greek and Roman periods.
See the above page for the rest of the article.
There is also more information at the Liverpool World Museum website, including a video:
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/:
See the people of Ancient Egypt brought to life in these fascinating videos taken from the new gallery. A transcript of this video of the Pharaoh is also available here.
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BBC News A major exhibition containing 1,500 Egyptian artefacts, including a mummy which inspired a Victorian novel, are being showcased in Liverpool. The new gallery at the city's World Museum looks at the history of the Pharaohs, with items on display...
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