Egypt
British Museum (Deborah Phipps)
Deborah Phipps is conservator, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service (NMAS).
Another fascinating installment, with some more great photos.
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Egypt
Opening up the Norwich shroud
British Museum (Deborah Phipps)
Deborah Phipps is conservator, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service (NMAS).
Another fascinating installment, with some more great photos.
This is the latest in a series of posts about the unfolding of the Norwich shroud, a joint project between the British Museum and Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
It was with excitement and a hint of trepidation that we approached the unfolding of the shroud… what would we find, and how difficult would it be?
On the first day we had the combined team of British Museum conservators Monique Pullan and Nicole Rode, student intern Melanie Plottu and NMAS conservators Jonathan Clark, Man-Yee Liu and myself present. We would need several pairs of careful hands to support the fragile textile as it revealed its secrets.
Earlier in the process we had discussed the ethics of opening the shroud as we did not want to remove any important evidence during the process of unfolding. We were happy to go ahead as the anomalous cotton thread described in the previous post assured us that the shroud had indeed been opened since its removal from the tomb.
- Exhibition: Norwich Shroud To Return To Norwich For Event
EDP24 The Norwich Shroud, which was the subject of some fascinating posts on the British Museum blog, is to return to Norwich in April: Two of the most significant objects in Norwich Castle’s collection will be on display at a study day...
- The Future Of The Norwich Shroud
British Museum (Faye Kalloniatis) Well, this will be the final blog entry for the Norwich shroud and what a way we’ve come over the past few months As the project got underway, one highlight followed another. The first was the initial unrolling, when...
- Conserving The Norwich Shroud
British Museum (Melina Plottu) As an intern in the textile studio of the British museum, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to work on the Norwich shroud conservation project. This began in January, and I have been working with the team since...
- Further Investigations Into The Norwich Shroud
British Museum (Janet Ambers) The British Museum's fascinating ongoing investigation of the Norwich Shroud, with photos. With the shroud unfolded for the first time (although still in need of much conservation attention) David Saunders, Keeper of...
- Egyptian Textile At Norwich Museum Investigated
British Museum Blog (Faye Kalloniatis) The rather unprepossessing museum storage box with its crumpled heap of ancient linen, had sat in the Norwich Castle stores for nearly a century. I became aware of it in 1999 when the Castle Museum was being refurbished...