Egypt
Egypt at the Manchester Museum blog (Campbell Price)
Just over 5 minutes in duration.
- Making Ancient Egyptian Faience
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) With photos. Yesterday, I joined a team from the Caer Alyn Archaeological Heritage Project (CAAHP) as they attempted to recreate the ancient Egyptian art of faience production. Faience is a glazed non-clay...
- Why Do Museums Collect… Shabtis?
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) One of the most popular and ubiquitous items of ancient Egyptian funerary equipment is the small servant figurine – or shabti. Most museums with an Egyptian collection, however small, include at least...
- 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...
- 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...
Egypt
Video: Scarabs in Ancient Egypt
Egypt at the Manchester Museum blog (Campbell Price)
In preparation for the opening of our Ancient World Galleries, I spoke to our entomologist Dr. Dmitri Luganov about the habits of the scarab beetle and its significance in Ancient Egypt.
Just over 5 minutes in duration.
- Making Ancient Egyptian Faience
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) With photos. Yesterday, I joined a team from the Caer Alyn Archaeological Heritage Project (CAAHP) as they attempted to recreate the ancient Egyptian art of faience production. Faience is a glazed non-clay...
- Why Do Museums Collect… Shabtis?
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) One of the most popular and ubiquitous items of ancient Egyptian funerary equipment is the small servant figurine – or shabti. Most museums with an Egyptian collection, however small, include at least...
- 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...
- 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...