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Description: | The museum holds 250 ancient Egyptian objects which are part of the Archaeology collection.
Classes of objects represented in the collection include: coffins; coins; faience figures; furniture; jewellery; metal figures; animal remains (mummies); human remains (mummies); offering tables; papyri; pottery; ÃPtah-Sokar-OsirisÃ' figures; scarabs; shabtis; stone figures; stone vessels; textiles; toilet articles; tomb models; 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 (Garstang; there is no further information in the records but this may be Garstang excavating the El Arabeh area of Abydos with the Egyptian Research Account, 1900); Beni Hasan (Garstang with Liverpool University, 1902-1904); Esna (Garstang and Jones with Liverpool University, 1905-1906). | Subjects: | Antiquities Ancient civilizations Antiquity Archaeological sites Archaeological objects Egyptology Archaeological excavations | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Station Road
Kendal,
LA9 6BT | FAX: | 01539 722 494 | Telephone: | 01539 721 374 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6750 | Go to resource |
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