Big Saturday: Ancient Egyptian Technology
Saturday 17th October, 11am-4pm
Smash pots, learn to apply Egyptian eye make -up and how to make faience, build a pyramid and a shaduf, mummify an orange, with story telling, object handling and much much more, at The Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
Free entry
Archive for October, 2009
Building pyramids and mummifying oranges…
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Curator’s Diary, Wednesday 7th October 2009
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We hosted the Egypt in its African Context event at The Manchester Museum last weekend, 3-4
October 2009, and heard papers from scholars from the United States, Nigeria, Spain and the UK, discussing the African cultural aspects of ancient Egypt, with much hearty debate. The event included a wine reception and a screening of the documentary [...]
