Temples, Gold and Border Security: Nubia and Egypt in the New Kingdom
In the last of her guest blogs, British Museum Future Curator trainee Anna Garnett describes material from the New Kingdom site of Sesebi This week I recorded two lectures for Manchester University’s...
View ArticleNew light under old wrappings (I): Reinvestigating Asru
The mummy and coffins of Asru, an elite lady from 25th-26th Dynasty (c. 750-525 BC) Thebes, were among the earliest additions to what was to become the Manchester Museum collection when they were...
View ArticleObject biography #15: A previously unidentified statue of Senenmut (Acc. no....
Our fragment (Acc. no. 4624) came to the Manchester Museum from the excavations of Edouard Naville at the site of Deir el-Bahri between 1894 and 1907. A more precise provenance for the piece or when...
View ArticlePrince Khaemwaset’s signature deposits: being part of History
A guest blog post from Nicolas de Larquier, currently on an internship at the museum, discussing some objects he has been working on, and the motivations of one of ancient Egypt’s most well-known...
View ArticleAn intern’s perspective: Cataloguing Egypt at Manchester Museum
Here our most recent intern, Hannah Perry – a student at UCL Qatar, describes her placement at the Manchester Museum, and the experience of working on collections. As part of my Museum and Gallery...
View ArticleHow to make a Coptic sock – II
A reflection on the production of our Coptic sock from experimental researcher Regina De Giovanni. In March 2012 I visited the Manchester Museum and was able to spend time with the Child’s Coptic...
View ArticleDNA confirms the Two Brothers’ relationship
Using ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing, scientists at the University of Manchester have confirmed a long-held supposition that the famous ‘Two Brothers’ of the Manchester Museum have a shared mother...
View ArticleThe Use of Steatite in Ancient Egypt
A guest blog on the well-attested stone known as steatite from experimental technologist Matt Szafran… Steatite, sometimes called ‘soapstone’, is a green/grey/brown coloured metamorphic rock made from...
View ArticleUnderstanding ancient Egyptian attitudes to animals
Our award-winning touring exhibition ‘Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed’ opens at its fifth venue – the National Trust property at Lyme Park in Cheshire – next weekend. As part of the BBC...
View ArticleStudy Day – Saturday 16 Feb 2019: The Two Brothers
The Two Brothers: Kinship in Ancient Egypt – Manchester Museum Day School Full Programme and Abstracts here The ‘Two Brothers’ tomb group has been an important part of the Egyptology display in the...
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The Power of Images: Statues and Society
One of my main research interests is in the ancient Egyptians’ attitude to their own monuments, in particular to statues. Modern Western society tends to dismiss people, past or present, that place...
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