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Fizzy red wine (Bonarda) for our wedding anniversary. Quite fantastic.Boats on the saltmarsh.Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers, painted in Arles 1888. Although I'm less of a fan of his later work I do like this classic.Starry Night, Arles by Vincent van Gogh, painted 1888. This is a more typical van Gogh. I like it because this is what the night looks like without glasses or contact lenses.Carpenter's Yard and Laundry in the Hague by Vincent van Gogh. Painted 1882. Inspired by prints of London and Van Gogh's anxiety about poverty and urbanism.Renewing my acquaintance with EA47568 from Asyut Hogarth Tomb 46.Spotted this familiar silhouette on the Acanthus dining room.Autumnal M40Top Posts & Pages
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- Heritage for Transformation
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- Byzantine Blog
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- It's All Greek To Me
- Gates of Nineveh: An Experiment in Blogging Assyriology
- South Asasif Conservation Project
- Per Storemyr Archaeology & Conservation
- The Punching Bag
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- Revealing Our History
- Amun-Ra Egyptology Blog
- imbaba
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- Luxor Times
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology – UCL Culture Blog
- Tetisheri - Blog
- AMNTE NOFRE (Amentet Neferet)
- Ancient Egyptian Cobra Project
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Tag Archives: Antiquities
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? Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Egyptology
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Antiquities, archaeology, Egypt, Excavations, Exhibitions, King of Prittlewell, Tutankhamun
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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. Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition review
Tagged Antiquities, archaeology, Egypt, Excavations, Exhibitions, Museums, Predynastic
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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 Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition review
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Antiquities, archaeology, Excavations, Exhibitions, King of Prittlewell, Museums, Planning, Prittlewell
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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. Continue reading
Posted in Protection and destruction
Tagged Antiquities, Egypt, forgeries, Looting, Museums
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The Egyptian Museum of Barcelona
The Egyptian Museum in Barcelona contains a number of interesting artefacts and is a fascinating place to visit. Continue reading
The Egyptian collection in the Museo Nacional des Belles Artes, Havana Cuba.
A review of the fantastic and rarely explored Egyptian collection in Havana. Continue reading
Global Xplorer: Satellite remote sensing, looting and crowd-sourcing.
A new platform can make you a ‘Space Archaeologist’, but will it help looters too? Continue reading
Posted in Remote sensing
Tagged Antiquities, crowd-sourcing, Egypt, Looting, Remote sensing, Satellite
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Animal Mummies at the World Museum, Liverpool
A great exhibition of Egyptian animal mummies is on at the World Museum, Liverpool. Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition review
Tagged Antiquities, Egypt, Egyptology, Exhibitions, Mummies, Reviews, science
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Review of the British Museum’s Sunken Cities Exhibition
A great exhibition, thoroughly enjoyable. Both artistic and informative. Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition review
Tagged Antiquities, Archaeology and Egyptology, British Museum, Egyptology, Exhibitions, Reviews
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Does the Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill matter for archaeology outside the UK?
Changes to UK legislation will have a negative effect on attitudes to and protection of archaeology overseas? Continue reading
Posted in Protection and destruction
Tagged Antiquities, Archaeology and Egyptology, Egyptology, Legislation, Looting, NPIB, Planning
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