Tag: Egyptology

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Wunderkammers, colonial hangovers and multivocality.

On By hannahpethenIn Museum collections, Public archaeology4 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 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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Lessons from Little Miss Sobek in Ptolemaic breasts, ancient clothing and nursing

On By hannahpethenIn Academic life, Blog2 Comments

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

Featured Image of the archaeological deposits of the ancient city of Elephantine

Should I do a PhD?

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Should you do a PhD? What should you think about before you apply? How can you maximise your career chances before you even begin your PhD.

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

On By hannahpethenIn Museum collections2 Comments

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

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?

Animal Mummies at the World Museum, Liverpool

On By hannahpethenIn Exhibition review4 Comments

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

Tutankhamun, Nefertiti and all that jazz: What have we learned?

On By hannahpethenIn Traditional and Social Media5 Comments

Almost a year since the media discovered Reeves' theory that Tutankhamun's tomb contained Nefertiti, what have we learned?

Review of the British Museum’s Sunken Cities Exhibition

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A great exhibition, thoroughly enjoyable. Both artistic and informative.

The failed (Egyptian) obelisk.

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The Unfinished Obelisk in the Aswan quarries was a failure as a monument, but provides valuable information on stone quarrying and obelisk carving.