What should we call mummified ancient Egyptians? 'Mummy' is thought offensive, but is 'mummified people' a better term?
Tag: Antiquities
Review of the British Museum’s ‘Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt’ exhibition
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?
Wunderkammers, colonial hangovers and multivocality.
Is the Wunderkammer just a colonial hangover or does it have more to teach us?
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.
Essex’s Tutankhamun? Learning from seemingly incongruous comparisons.
What do we learn from comparing an Anglo-Saxon burial in Prittlewell with Egypt's famous Tutankhamun?
A Review of the Garstang Museum’s ‘Before Egypt: Art, Culture and Power’ exhibition at the Victoria Gallery and Museum at the University of Liverpool
The Garstang Museum's 'Before Egypt' exhibition reviewed! Pots, palettes, some stunning artefacts and a female Pharaoh.
Artefacts from the Anglo-Saxon burial at Prittlewell exhibited in Southend Museum.
A Review of the new exhibition of the Prittlewell Princely burial in Southend Museum
Provenance, fakes, uncertainty and ethics: The problems with legally purchased antiquities.
My recent visit to the Barcelona Egyptian Museum revealed some fantastic artefacts, but also raised unsettling questions about forgeries, provenance and the ethics of presenting recently purchased antiquities in museums.
The Egyptian Museum of Barcelona
The Egyptian Museum in Barcelona contains a number of interesting artefacts and is a fascinating place to visit.
The Egyptian collection in the Museo Nacional des Belles Artes, Havana Cuba.
A review of the fantastic and rarely explored Egyptian collection in Havana.
Scribe in the House of Life: Hannah Pethen Ph.D. 