Egypt
- Exhibition: Fascinating Mummies, Edinburgh
The Press and Journal For centuries, people have been fascinated by the complex rituals which surrounded death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt, especially mummification and burial. The National Museum of Scotland, having undergone a huge multimillion-pound...
- The New Ashmolean Egyptian Galleries
Collecting Egypt (Angel) With photos. A trip to visit friends in Oxford was the perfect opportunity to visit the Ashmolean Museum to see the newly renovated Egyptian galleries. With barely concealed excitement, I joined a crowd of people coming...
- Ashmolean Egyptian Galleries Re-open, Refurbished
ArtInfo Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum has just opened a new chapter in the distant past, unveiling its new galleries dedicated to Ancient Egypt and Nubia. This £5 million ($7.7 million) refurbishment has allowed the re-housing of 40,000 artifacts...
- Ashmolean To Open Refurbished Galleries Of Egypt And Nubia
Design Week (Angus Montgomery) The new Galleries of Ancient Egypt and Nubia (modern-day Sudan) will open on 26 November and feature the Ashmolean’s Egyptian collections and objects that have been in storage for decades. Architectural and interior...
- Egyptian Galleries At Ashmolean To Close For Refurbishment
This Is Oxfordshire A £5m redevelopment at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum to showcase the museum’s world famous collections from ancient Egypt has been given planning permission by Oxford City Council. Work will begin immediately to transform the Egyptian...
Egypt
Slideshow of the Ashmolean Musem Egyptian galleries
The Telegraph (Video by Glen Milner)
Video. Thanks to the Collecting Egypt blog for this link. I really must visit!
Video. Thanks to the Collecting Egypt blog for this link. I really must visit!
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has opened six spectacular new galleries for its world-renowned Egyptian collections, exhibiting objects that have been in storage since the Second World War, and more than doubling the number of mummies and coffins on display.
40,000 artefacts collected over 300 years, from over 100 archaelogical sites, have been rehoused including collections by Sir William Petrie. Various sculptures, including limestone statues of the fertility god Min which date to 3300 BC, and a fantastic collection of mummies and coffins.
- Exhibition: Fascinating Mummies, Edinburgh
The Press and Journal For centuries, people have been fascinated by the complex rituals which surrounded death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt, especially mummification and burial. The National Museum of Scotland, having undergone a huge multimillion-pound...
- The New Ashmolean Egyptian Galleries
Collecting Egypt (Angel) With photos. A trip to visit friends in Oxford was the perfect opportunity to visit the Ashmolean Museum to see the newly renovated Egyptian galleries. With barely concealed excitement, I joined a crowd of people coming...
- Ashmolean Egyptian Galleries Re-open, Refurbished
ArtInfo Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum has just opened a new chapter in the distant past, unveiling its new galleries dedicated to Ancient Egypt and Nubia. This £5 million ($7.7 million) refurbishment has allowed the re-housing of 40,000 artifacts...
- Ashmolean To Open Refurbished Galleries Of Egypt And Nubia
Design Week (Angus Montgomery) The new Galleries of Ancient Egypt and Nubia (modern-day Sudan) will open on 26 November and feature the Ashmolean’s Egyptian collections and objects that have been in storage for decades. Architectural and interior...
- Egyptian Galleries At Ashmolean To Close For Refurbishment
This Is Oxfordshire A £5m redevelopment at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum to showcase the museum’s world famous collections from ancient Egypt has been given planning permission by Oxford City Council. Work will begin immediately to transform the Egyptian...