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Review of the British Museum’s ‘Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt’ exhibition

On December 21, 2022December 6, 2022 By hannahpethenIn Exhibition reviewLeave a comment

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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Wunderkammers, colonial hangovers and multivocality.

On August 24, 2022November 29, 2022 By hannahpethenIn Public archaeology2 Comments

Is the Wunderkammer just a colonial hangover or does it have more to teach us?

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Egyptian Artefacts in the Southend Museum

On June 29, 2022September 8, 2022 By hannahpethenIn Exhibition review2 Comments

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.

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Essex’s Tutankhamun? Learning from seemingly incongruous comparisons.

On September 20, 2019November 2, 2022 By hannahpethenIn Museum collections1 Comment

What do we learn from comparing an Anglo-Saxon burial in Prittlewell with Egypt's famous 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

On June 22, 2019September 4, 2019 By hannahpethenIn Exhibition reviewLeave a comment

The Garstang Museum's 'Before Egypt' exhibition reviewed! Pots, palettes, some stunning artefacts and a female Pharaoh.

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Artefacts from the Anglo-Saxon burial at Prittlewell exhibited in Southend Museum.

On June 8, 2019September 3, 2019 By hannahpethenIn Exhibition review2 Comments

A Review of the new exhibition of the Prittlewell Princely burial in Southend Museum

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Provenance, fakes, uncertainty and ethics: The problems with legally purchased antiquities.

On September 27, 2017September 8, 2022 By hannahpethenIn Public archaeology1 Comment

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.

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The Egyptian Museum of Barcelona

On September 1, 2017September 2, 2017 By hannahpethenIn Museum collections3 Comments

The Egyptian Museum in Barcelona contains a number of interesting artefacts and is a fascinating place to visit.

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The Egyptian collection in the Museo Nacional des Belles Artes, Havana Cuba.

On May 30, 2017 By hannahpethenIn Museum collections2 Comments

A review of the fantastic and rarely explored Egyptian collection in Havana.

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Global Xplorer: Satellite remote sensing, looting and crowd-sourcing.

On February 7, 2017September 24, 2022 By hannahpethenIn Satellite remote sensing2 Comments

A new platform can make you a 'Space Archaeologist', but will it help looters too?

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