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Description: | The museum holds 60 ancient Egyptian objects.
Classes of objects represented in the collection include: toilet articles; faience figures; jewellery; metal figures; pottery; scarabs/sealings; shabtis; stone vessels; tools.
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): Abu Simbel; Abydos (possibly Peet and Naville - Egypt Exploration Fund, 1909-10). | Subjects: | Antiquities Ancient civilizations Antiquity Archaeological sites Archaeological objects Egyptology Archaeological excavations | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Higham Place
Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear United Kingdom,
NE1 8AG | FAX: | 0191 230 0952 | Telephone: | 0191 232 7734 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6857 | Go to resource |
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