Announcing the publication of The Shabti Collections 5. A selection from the Manchester Museum by Glenn Janes, with a Foreword by Campbell Price.
Published by Olicar House. 520 pp. £95 RRP – with discounts in the Museum until 1 st December. More info here.
The new dense display of shabtis in our ‘Exploring Objects’ gallery
The publication of this volume coincides withe the opening of our new Ancient Worlds galleries, in which more shabtis than ever before are on display. This sumptuous, full-colour volume is surely the largest, most comprehensive catalogue of one of the largest collections of shabti figurines in Europe.
Despite the author’s modest claims to the contrary, this is a work of real and valuable sholarship. Glenn’s knowledge of his subject and painstaking research will no doubt ensure that this is a future reference work.
Egypt at the Manchester Museum 
Why does it say “5” on it? Is it part of a series?
Indeed, the previous 4 books have covered other collections in the North West.
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