Egypt
- Talisman Of Ancient Googly-eyed God Discovered
Yahoo! News (Owen Jarus) Originally published on the Live Science site, but there were problems with the link. A newly identified googly-eyed artifact may have been used by the ancient Egyptians to magically protect children and pregnant mothers...
- Weekly Websites
Oxford Expedition to Egypt OEE The Oxford Expedition to Egypt (OEE) consists of a group of professionals who are undertaking a variety of projects that relate to the study of Ancient Egypt during the period generally referred to as the 'Pyramid Age',...
- Egypt Centre Online Resources
http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/The Egypt Centre's collection can now be searched via an online search engine at the above address. The Egypt Centre is located in Swansea, in Wales (U.K.). There are over 4500 items in the collection, representing many...
- Rhind Papyrus & Vr Book Of The Dead
http://tinyurl.com/bdzde "An ancient Egyptian mathematical scroll believed to be more than 3,500 years old will go on display in Wales on Thursday. The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus has been lent to the University of Swansea from the British Museum for a...
- A Week Of Discoveries
The recent events of the last week include the discovery from the Wellcome collection at Swansea University Egypt Center that a mummified baby in the collection long thought as a fake because the hieroglyphic inscription on it is meaningless, has through...
Egypt
Woking College Collection at Swansea
Egypt Centre, Swansea
A collection of over 50 ancient Egyptian objects travelled from Surrey to Swansea, and arrived at the the Egypt Centre today (31st May 2012). Items on loan include a Sokar hawk, shabti figures, two glass bottles, two amulets, a ?bell in the shape of a Bes head, pottery vessels, a papyrus or lotus shaped pendant, etc. A selection can be seen above (better pictures to follow).
The artefacts, donated by Woking College, include several shabtis (servant figurines) which the ancient Egyptians believed would do work for their deceased owners in the afterlife. One of the shabtis is an ‘overseer shabti’. Shabtis, mirroring real life work teams, were organised in gangs of 10. Each gang would be overseen by a foreman, or overseer. The shabtis are around 3,000 years old. The collection also includes a glass bottle, from late in Egyptian history (c100BC-AD200), around the time of Cleopatra.
- Talisman Of Ancient Googly-eyed God Discovered
Yahoo! News (Owen Jarus) Originally published on the Live Science site, but there were problems with the link. A newly identified googly-eyed artifact may have been used by the ancient Egyptians to magically protect children and pregnant mothers...
- Weekly Websites
Oxford Expedition to Egypt OEE The Oxford Expedition to Egypt (OEE) consists of a group of professionals who are undertaking a variety of projects that relate to the study of Ancient Egypt during the period generally referred to as the 'Pyramid Age',...
- Egypt Centre Online Resources
http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/The Egypt Centre's collection can now be searched via an online search engine at the above address. The Egypt Centre is located in Swansea, in Wales (U.K.). There are over 4500 items in the collection, representing many...
- Rhind Papyrus & Vr Book Of The Dead
http://tinyurl.com/bdzde "An ancient Egyptian mathematical scroll believed to be more than 3,500 years old will go on display in Wales on Thursday. The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus has been lent to the University of Swansea from the British Museum for a...
- A Week Of Discoveries
The recent events of the last week include the discovery from the Wellcome collection at Swansea University Egypt Center that a mummified baby in the collection long thought as a fake because the hieroglyphic inscription on it is meaningless, has through...