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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 27
Issue 27 comprises two articles focusing on the collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts at the British Museum. The first one publishes for the first time a group of mummy bandages inscribed with the Liturgy of Opening the Mouth for Breathing. This text is only known from a few other sources,...Vandenbeusch, Marie
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2022
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 26
The transfer of wall paintings from their original locations has been practised since antiquity. Many art collections contain wall paintings which were historically detached and rebacked. Such transfer is now rarely undertaken, and only under very specific circumstances. This extensive article is specifically concerned with the transfer of ancient Egyptian...British Museum
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2019
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 24
Editorial This special issue of BMSAES publishes papers and additional reflections arising from two workshops organised at the British Museum in 2011 and 2013 as part of the British Museum’s Naukratis Project. Contributions by archaeologists, Classicists, Egyptologists and other specialists explore the diverse and sometimes contrasting narratives of the different...British Museum
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2016
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 23
Editorial This special issue of BMSAES is dedicated to the recently retired papyrus conservator Bridget Leach. In tribute to a career of exceptional scope and impact, the current BMSAES issue presents recent research in Egyptology, papyrology and conservation by twelve scholars who worked closely with Bridget in the past. Given...British Museum
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2015
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 22
Editorial This issue of BMSAES presents results from fieldwork projects undertaken in a broad range of settings: ancient Egypt’s cemeteries (Elkab, Edfu), quarries (Gebel el-Silsila) and desert routes (near Kharga Oasis). Readers are also invited to make a closer acquaintance with three less familiar deities: ‘Amun-Ra, lord of the sky’,...British Museum
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2014
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 21
Editorial This issue presents new work on Roman, Late Antique and Medieval Egyptian collections primarily in the UK, Germany and France. Several of the articles presented herein have their origins in aspects of presentations delivered at a workshop held in the British Museum Ancient Egypt and Sudan Department and entitled,...British Museum
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2013
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 20
Editorial This issue provides a welcome cross-section of studies on museum collections (Van Aerde) and archives (Thomas and Villing), monuments in situ (Gregory and Davies) and results from British Museum fieldwork projects, new (Thomas and Villing) and completed (Davies). Elisabeth R. O'Connell Contents: Concepts of Egypt in Augustan Rome: Two...British Museum
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2012
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 19
Editorial This issue of BMSAES contains three diverse contributions using various methods to explore aspects of New Kingdom to Late Antique Egypt. Using 3D models, Elaine Sullivan's work investigates the logistics of moving festival barks through the temple complex at Karnak in the New Kingdom. Emad Khalil's study examines the...British Museum
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2012
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 18
Editorial This issue of BMSAES contains the proceedings of the Annual International Egyptological Colloquium, entitled Mariners and traders: Connections between the Red Sea littoral, Arabia and beyond, and Rudolfo Fattovich’s Raymond and Beverley Sackler Foundation Distinguished Lecture in Egyptology, ‘Egypt’s trade with Punt: Recent discoveries on the Red Sea coast,'...British Museum
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2011
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 17
Editorial: This issue presents the latest results from British Museum fieldwork at Elkab and Hagr Edfu, along with an article re-assessing the Great Enclosure at Naukratis. This site is currently the focus of a large research project in the Department of Greece and Rome, which will include the systematic...British Museum
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2011
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 16
Editorial The annual Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation Distinguished Lecture in Egyptology has become an established part of the Egyptological calendar in London, with prominent scholars presenting the latest research on aspects of ancient Egypt. The 2009 lecture, published here, was delivered by Tamás Bács, and provided a fitting introduction...British Museum
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2010
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 15
Editorial This issue contains 13 papers from the colloquium, The Book of the Dead - Recent research and new perspectives, held at the British Museum on 21–22 July 2009. The meeting brought together leading scholars working on aspects of the Book of the Dead. Several of their contributions have been...British Museum
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2009
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 14
Editorial The final issue of 2009 features two articles based on British Museum fieldwork in the Edfu area, and another on epigraphic work at Tombos in Sudan, with publication of related material in museums in Cairo and Khartoum. The two papers by Veldmeijer continue a series on ancient Egyptian footwear,...British Museum
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2009
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 13
Editorial BMSAES 13 contains 11 papers submitted for publication in the Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt, which was held at the British Museum from 27 July to 1 August 2008. This selection from the more than 40 papers that will ultimately appear in...British Museum
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2009
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 12
Editorial This issue presents four papers on varying aspects of Nile Valley studies, from a statistical analysis of Meroitic, to a report on new fieldwork in the Theban necropolis and a reconsideration of inscribed material from Edfu. The final paper features some considerations on publication methods in the subject area....British Museum
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2009
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 11
Editorial In addition to this issue's paper, a detailed technical study of one of the ancient shoes in the collection of the British Museum, readers attention is drawn to other resources now available on the Museum website. The online Collection database now features all of the records for material housed...British Museum
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2008
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 10
Editorial The three papers in this issue epitomise the range of subjects covered by BMSAES: a report on new fieldwork, the publication of an object in a museum collection, and a study of the modern reception and presentation of ancient artefacts. The journal is intended to cover the same range...British Museum
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2008
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 9
Editorial This issue features three papers from the Annual Egyptological Colloquium held at the British Museum in summer 2007: The ‘Head of the South’: current research in Upper Egypt, south of Thebes (July 12–13). It is intended that further papers from the colloquium will appear in a future issue of...British Museum
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2008
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 8
Editorial This issue features an updated index of onomastica, along with a re-interpretation of architecture found during British Museum excavations at el-Ashmunein in 1982. Readers may have noticed that the first tranche of data from the British Museum’s collection database has been published online: Collections Online. At present, this is...British Museum
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2007
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 7
Editorial The seventh issue of BMSAES (British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan) consists of a paper from the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan’s International Egyptological Colloquium Egypt's great oases: the archaeology of Kharga, Dakhla and the roads of the West, which took place in July 2006. This...British Museum
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2006
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 6
Editorial The present issue of BMSAES (British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan) presents a new departure from previous issues, as it consists of a set of papers presented at the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan's 2005 International Colloquium 'Egypt and the Hittites'. The background to this Colloquium...British Museum
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2006
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 5
Editorial There has been another gap, this time of 18 months, since the appearance of an issue of BMSAES (British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan). My comments in the previous editorial about the variability of submissions and the need to maintain standards still apply as strongly as ever....British Museum
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2004
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 4
Editorial There has been a gap of two years since the appearance of an issue of BMSAES (British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan). Electronic publishing in Egyptology is still in its infancy, and there is yet some way to go in persuading colleagues to produce material for electronic...British Museum
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2002
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 3
Editorial This is now the third issue of BMSAES (British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan) to be produced in 2002. It presents an interesting range of articles, all of which take advantage of aspects of the medium in which it is published. The papers by Favard-Meeks, Judd and...British Museum
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2002
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 2
Editorial Issue 2 of BMSAES (British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan) brings into focus one of the great advantages of online publication, the lack of need for a 'critical mass' of material. Only one article was ready for publication, but nonetheless, we have produced an issue consisting just...British Museum
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2002
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 1
It is with great pleasure that I write a brief introduction to BMSAES 1 (British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan), which is being launched as originally intended in January 2002. Electronic publishing is still rather in its infancy, although, as always, we in the humanities lag some way...British Museum
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2015
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 9
The contents of the ninth volume of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin reflects the diverse collections held by the British Museum, with subjects ranging from the naturally mummified human remains from the Fourth Cataract region of the Nile Valley to some debased silver coinage of Henry VIII. Contents: Early...British Museum
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2014
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 8
The contents of the eighth volume of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin reflects the diverse collections held by the British Museum, with subjects ranging from an Aleut cape and cap to Ming dynasty paper money. Contents: Technical study of a rare Venetian turquoise glass goblet from the Waddesdon Bequest...British Museum
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2013
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 7
The contents of the seventh volume of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin reflects the diverse collections held by the British Museum. The investigations they describe include not only studies made directly on objects but also encompass research that aims better to understand the history, technology and treatment of objects....British Museum
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2012
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 6
Volume six of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin comprises nine articles that encompass the examination of material from an extremely broad range of cultures and periods, from ancient Greece, Egypt and Afghanistan to Siberian and Native American objects, by way of voyages of trade and discovery in the latter...British Museum
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2011
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 5
This volume presents 10 articles that reflect the chronological depth and geographical breadth of the British Museum collection. From prehistoric Switzerland to twentieth century Oman and from the banks of the Thames to the banks of the Nile, each sheds light on the material aspects of objects as part of...British Museum
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2010
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 4
The publication of this fourth volume of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin coincided with the broadcast of the series A History of the World in 100 Objects, a joint project between the British Museum and BBC Radio 4. Technical examination and analysis were undertaken on many of the objects...British Museum
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2009
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 3
Although all 13 articles in the third volume of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin present research conducted in collaboration with the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, the co-authors represent six of the eight curatorial departments in the Museum as well as other museums and universities in the UK...British Museum
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2008
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 2
This second volume of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin contains articles that address the assessment, examination, treatment and analysis of objects from across the Museum’s collections and beyond, reflecting the diverse role that conservation and scientific activities play within some of the Museum’s wider programmes. The articles focus not...British Museum
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2007
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Technical Research Bulletin Volume 1
The first volume of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin focuses on material aspects of the collection, encompassing a wide range of activities, from looking at objects carefully and in depth – often under magnification – during the course of a conservation treatment, to analytical studies to determine the chemical...British Museum
British Museum; scientific research; conservation; museum studies