A review of the Petrie Museum's new exhibition 'Tutankhamun the Boy'.

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A review of the Petrie Museum's new exhibition 'Tutankhamun the Boy'.
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?
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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Reflection on reflectance transformation imaging at Hatnub in 2017
Results of the mobile GIS survey in 2017 at the Hatnub quarries and links to the published papers.
Is the Wunderkammer just a colonial hangover or does it have more to teach us?
Famous Southend painter and archaeological illustrator Alan Sorrell, drew the monuments of Nubia and the campaign to save them from Lake Nasser.
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.
A review of the 2021-2022 Wunderkammer Exhibition at Southend Museum.
How have misconceptions about archaeology affected Southend's most famous archaeological site?