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Description: | The museum holds 203 ancient Egyptian objects which are part of the Archaeology collection.
Classes of objects represented in the collection include: amulets; canopic jars; coffins; flints; funerary cones; furniture; jewellery; metal figures; metal vessels; animal remains (mummies); human remains (mummies); papyri; pottery; relief sculpture; seal; shabtis; stone vessels; wall paintings; wooden figures.
A stone stela (629) is a modern forgery.
Objects are known to have come from the following locations in Egypt (with the name of the excavator given where possible): Abydos; Asyut; Beni Hasan; Dahshur; Fayum (Seton-Karr); Gizeh; Thebes; Deir el-Bahari; Luxor; Valley of the Kings.
Objects are known to have come from the following locations in the Near East (with the name of the excavator/sponsor and year of excavation given where possible): Beth Shan; Tell el-'Ajjul (Petrie - British School of Archaeology in Egypt); Tell Fara (Petrie - British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1927-1930). | Subjects: | Antiquities Ancient civilizations Antiquity Archaeological sites Archaeological objects Egyptology Archaeological excavations | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Castle Lane
Bedford Bedfordshire United Kingdom,
MK40 3XD | FAX: | 01234 273 401 | Telephone: | 01234 353 323 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6926 | Go to resource |
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