On Saturday 25th October the Egypt Exploration Society launched the Amelia Edwards Projects, a set of three diverse projects for which the Society is seeking funding. The details of the projects, which include a rescue archaeology project in the Delta, a land and water survey at Karnak, and an oral history project to preserve some [...]
Archive for October, 2008
The Amelia Edwards Projects at the Egypt Exploration Society
Posted in Research projects on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday 30th October, Ancient Egyptian Science
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday 30th October, 1-3pm
- this is drop-in event and is free, come along! Explore mummification techniques, find out how cartonnage was made, discover where the pyramid casings stones came from, and much much more!
http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/whatson/october/
Curator’s Diary, Monday 20th October 2008
Posted in Curator's Diary on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a busy time of year at the Museum with the start of the new academic year - we are part of Manchester University and many of the staff are involved in teaching and research activities, as well as public activities.
On Saturday I was in showing examples of New Kingdom temple foundation offerings – [...]
