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Lessons from Little Miss Sobek in Ptolemaic breasts, ancient clothing and nursing

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What impact would the ubiquity of nursing have on ancient Egyptian society? Three insights from a nursing mother.

Essex’s Tutankhamun? Learning from seemingly incongruous comparisons.

On By hannahpethenIn Museum collections2 Comments

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

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

Re-thinking Beds and bedrooms in Ancient Egypt: Thoughts provoked by Nadine Moeller’s The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt 

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How did Egyptians use their bedrooms? How do we interpret ancient spaces? Nadine Moeller's new book on Egyptian Urbanism provides food for thought.

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

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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

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

Will a computer take my job?: Archaeology and technological development?

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Can archaeologists be replaced by machines? As technology develops where does that leave the human?

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

On By hannahpethenIn Satellite remote sensing2 Comments

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

A gneiss sphinx: Is the Hazor sphinx made from Gebel el-Asr gneiss?

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Does the Hazor Egyptian sphinx come from the southern Egyptian Gebel el-Asr quarries?

Animal Mummies at the World Museum, Liverpool

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A great exhibition of Egyptian animal mummies is on at the World Museum, Liverpool.