Next week, on December 5th, the new Ancient Egypt gallery at the World Museum Liverpool will open to the
public. For information follow the link below (you may need to paste it into your browser):
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/capitalprojects/egyptian_gallery.aspx
The image shows the handling team installing the coffin of Padiamunnebnesuttawy, 26th Dynasty (about 664-525 BC). There are 14 coffins in the [...]
Archive for November, 2008
New Ancient Egypt gallery at the World Museum Liverpool
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Curator’s Diary, Tuesday 25th November 2008
Posted in Curator's Diary on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been up and down the country over the last two weeks, giving seminars at Swansea University, in London at the EES, and at Cardiff University (this coming Thursday), discussing curating Egyptian collections, gallery redevelopments, and the ethics of displaying Egyptian human remains. At the EES event on Saturday, ‘From Excavation to Exhibition’, Dr [...]
Royal Tombs of Egypt, a lecture by Dr Aidan Dodson
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday 19th November 2008, 7.30pm
Victoria Hall, Bolton
£5 from the Albert Hall Box Office (01204 334433)
Light refreshments included
Dr Aidan Dodson is a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, and has appeared on nuumerous TV shows discussing aspects of ancient Egypt. The lecture will cover some of Egypt’s greatest monuments – the pyramids of Giza and [...]
