The British Museum's crowd-pleasing exhibition on Hieroglyphs features the Rosetta Stone, but how does it deal with the complexity of decipherment and the role of Egyptians?
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Having completed my PhD in archaeology at the University of Liverpool, I am now a freelance archaeologists working with landscape and topographic survey and satellite imagery. I specialise in GIS, GPS, desk-based assessment and landscape projects and have a particular interest in Egyptian archaeology.
What’s the point of an exhibition? or ‘How to Wellcome change in the museum space’
As I write this in late November 2022, academic and museum Twitter has just seen an almighty row about the Wellcome Collection's decision to close and replace its 'Medicine Man' gallery. (In fact, 'row' probably isn't even the right word for it - we need a new word for these Twitter events, something that encompasses …
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Five years on: Reflections on Reflectance Transformation Imaging research at Hatnub Quarry P in 2017
Reflection on reflectance transformation imaging at Hatnub in 2017
Five years on: Reflections on mobile GIS survey at Hatnub Quarry P in 2017
Results of the mobile GIS survey in 2017 at the Hatnub quarries and links to the published papers.
Wunderkammers, colonial hangovers and multivocality.
Is the Wunderkammer just a colonial hangover or does it have more to teach us?
Alan Sorrell: Archaeological illustrator of Nubia and illustrator of archaeologists.
Famous Southend painter and archaeological illustrator Alan Sorrell, drew the monuments of Nubia and the campaign to save them from Lake Nasser.
Egyptian Artefacts in the Southend Museum
Did you know that Southend Museum has a small collection of ancient Egyptian objects? Here I look at some on display in the recent Wunderkammer exhibition.
Wunderkammer: Southend’s Cabinet of Curiosities
A review of the 2021-2022 Wunderkammer Exhibition at Southend Museum.
The afterlife of the Prittlewell Prince
How have misconceptions about archaeology affected Southend's most famous archaeological site?
Missing the matrix: The invisibility of archaeological deposits and public misconceptions of archaeology
How does the experience of visiting an archaeological site affect public perception?
Scribe in the House of Life: Hannah Pethen Ph.D. 