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Description: | The museum holds over 1300 ancient Egyptian objects which are part of the Archaeology collection.
Classes of objects represented in the collection include: amulets; canopic jars; coffins; faience figures; flints; glass vessels; jewellery; metal figures; metal vessels; animal remains (mummies); human remains (mummies); offering tables; ostraca; pottery; scarabs; shabtis; cosmetic palettes; stelae; stone figures; textiles; tools/weapons; wooden figures.
Objects are known to have come from the following locations in Egypt (with the name of the excavator/sponsor and year of excavation given where possible): Abydos (Peet and Naville - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1909-1910); Alexandria; Amarna; Asyut; Aswan; Bash Katib (BSAE); Beni Hasan (Garstang - Liverpool University, 1902-1904); Fayum; Ehnasya (Petrie - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903-1904); Kafr Ammar (Mackay and Petrie - British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1911-1912); Gizeh; Gurob (Brunton and Engelbach - British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1920-1921); Hierakonpolis; Lahun (Petrie et al. - British School of Archaeology in Egypt,); Memphis (Petrie and Mackay - British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1908-1913); Rifeh (Petrie and Mackay - British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1906-1907); Riqqeh (Engelbach, Thompson and Petrie - British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1912-1913); Sedment (Petrie and Brunton - British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1920-1921); Shurafa (Engelbach and Petrie - British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1911-1912); Tarkhan (Petrie et al. - British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1911-1913); Defenneh (Petrie and Griffith - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1886); Naqada (Petrie 1894-1895); Naucratis; Nebesheh (Petrie and Griffith - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1886); Tell el-Yahudiyeh (Naville and Griffith - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1887-1888); Tukh el-Qaramus? (Naville and Griffith - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1887-1888); Saqqarah; Thebes; Luxor.
Objects are known to have come from the following locations in Sudan (with the name of the excavator/sponsor and year of excavation given where possible): Faras (Griffith - Oxford Excav. in Nubia); Sanam (Griffith - Oxford Excav. in Nubia). | Subjects: | Antiquities Ancient civilizations Antiquity Archaeological sites Archaeological objects Egyptology Archaeological excavations | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Royal Pavilion Gardens
Brighton East Sussex United Kingdom,
BN1 1EE | FAX: | 01273 292 841 | Telephone: | 01273 290 900 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:7356 | Go to resource |
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