Egypt
- Object Biography #5: A Double-sided Painted Mummy Portrait
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) With photos. This delicate wooden panel (41 x 32.5 cm) is one of 13 painted mummy portraits in the Manchester Museum. Such panel portraits were produced during the Roman Period (c. 55-220 AD) and are amongst...
- Object Biography #1: A Vessel Naming Nesi-khonsu
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) So good to see Campbell Price making real use of this blog. Each month I hope to highlight an individual object that will feature in our new Ancient Worlds galleries. Many of the objects in the collection...
- Manchester Museum And Its Relationship With Local People
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) Campbell Price is the the new Curator of Egypt and the Sudan at the Manchester Museum, taking over from Karen Exell, who has taken up a teaching post with UCL in Qatar. (to read more about him see his introductory...
- Warrington Museum Opens With Mummy Of Teenage Boy On Display
Warrington Guardian The Victorian building that was the north of England’s first public museum, has retained much of its 19th century charm, now complemented by a modern look and feel. Now, revealed to the town, the Warrington Guardian is looking at...
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Egypt
Mummies on the Move!
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price)
Yesterday saw the latest phase of clearing – or ‘decanting’ – the Egyptian afterlife gallery in preparation for building work to begin on the new Ancient Worlds Galleries. This was the first time some of the mummies have been moved in over 30 years. A skilled team of movers and conservators ensured that each was carefully transferred to a temporary storage space to await conservation.
Among the travellers was Khary, a priest at the temple of Karnak during the Late Period (c. 750-330 BC), and his brightly painted coffin (Acc. no. 9354a-b). Both were purchased in Egypt in the late 19th Century, and arrived in Manchester via the Ship Canal in 1893. They were donated to the museum in 1935. Moving Khary afforded an opportunity to examine at close quarters his carefully wrapped body and brightly painted coffin.
- Object Biography #5: A Double-sided Painted Mummy Portrait
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) With photos. This delicate wooden panel (41 x 32.5 cm) is one of 13 painted mummy portraits in the Manchester Museum. Such panel portraits were produced during the Roman Period (c. 55-220 AD) and are amongst...
- Object Biography #1: A Vessel Naming Nesi-khonsu
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) So good to see Campbell Price making real use of this blog. Each month I hope to highlight an individual object that will feature in our new Ancient Worlds galleries. Many of the objects in the collection...
- Manchester Museum And Its Relationship With Local People
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) Campbell Price is the the new Curator of Egypt and the Sudan at the Manchester Museum, taking over from Karen Exell, who has taken up a teaching post with UCL in Qatar. (to read more about him see his introductory...
- Warrington Museum Opens With Mummy Of Teenage Boy On Display
Warrington Guardian The Victorian building that was the north of England’s first public museum, has retained much of its 19th century charm, now complemented by a modern look and feel. Now, revealed to the town, the Warrington Guardian is looking at...
- Naked Bodies
...