Having just spent six days connecting with the world of ancient Rome via a hike along the 2nd century AD, Hadrian's Wall I am now presenting a portfolio of images from a much older period, namely ancient Egyptian and Sudanese artefacts which can be found at the Petrie
Museum in the Bloomsbury district of West London. The Petrie collection extends to abnout 80,000 items.
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Fish, flowers and natural world from Amarna
The exhibits span the Paleolithic (2.4m- 15000 years ago) to the
Roman period but with emphasis on ancient Egypt from around 3100 BC to
the 1st century AD.
Fortunately, the Museum permits photography but the images presented
here are slightly distorted as a function of the glass cabinets through
which the items have been photographed.
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Foundation of Temple. Tuthmosis III
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Mortuary temple of Amenophis
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Painted wooden stela, Neskhons, 965 BC
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Osiris, possibly 26th dynasty.
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Bead collar from first intermediate period
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Gilded Mummy Cartonnage from 1st c AD
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Falence ankh from 5th century BC
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Pot burial from c 4000 BC
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Strings of beads
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From Pyramid of Popy
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Tarkham dress from 3000 BC
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Dancing girl cosmetic spoon, 18th dynasty
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Bead net dress from 2400 BC. This has a 1920s feel to it.
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Replica rat trap
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Shabits-grave goods
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Woman’s portrait on wood from Roman period
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Paleolithic hand axes
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Lintel, 19th dynasty
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Glassware.
In 2009 my wife and I joined a Nile river cruise, calling at many of the famous sites (e.g. Temple of Luxor) which helps to put the Petrie collection in context.
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