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Description: | The museum holds approximately 250 ancient Egyptian objects.
Classes of objects represented in the collection include: basketry/ropes; faience figures; jewellery; pottery; scarabs/sealings; shabtis; stone figures; textiles/leather; 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): Amarna (Peet et al. - Egypt Exploration Society, 1921-1922; possibly Newton and Griffith - Egypt Exploration Society, 1923-1925; Frankfort and Pendlebury - Egypt Exploration Society, 1926-1936); Deir el-Bahari (Naville et al. - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1893-1907); Fayum; Qasr el-Banat (Grenfell et al. - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-1899); Luxor; Meydum; Memphis; Naucratis (Petrie and Griffith - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1884-1886); Tell el-Yahudiyeh (probably Naville and Griffith - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1887-1888). | Subjects: | Ancient civilizations Antiquities Antiquity Archaeological sites Archaeological objects Egyptology Archaeological excavations | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01923 835110 | Telephone: | 01923 820644 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:7192 | Go to resource |
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