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Description: | The museum holds approximately 27 ancient Egyptian objects.
Classes of objects represented in the collection include: amulets; canopic jars; faience figures; metal figures; human remains (including mummies); shabtis; textiles/leather.
Of special interest is an artificially deformed skull, donated by the Egyptologist Douglas Derry, 1923. It is thought to have been excavated in a Coptic cemetery near El Fashn and to date from about the 5th century AD. The museum also possesses a cast of a circumcision scene from the Tomb of Ankhmahor, Saqqarah; a series of eight watercolour sketches of Egyptian mummies by Willian Home Clift; letters relating to material in, or formerly part of, the collections of the Royal College of Surgeons.
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): El Amrah; Beni Hasan; Deir el-Bahari (Reisner); El Fashn; Thebes. | Subjects: | Antiquities Ancient civilizations Antiquity Archaeological sites Archaeological objects Egyptology Archaeological excavations | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | +44 (0)20 7869 6564 | Telephone: | +44 (0)20 7869 6560 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6989 | Go to resource |
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