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2021
Book
Mummies of Ancient Egypt, Rediscovering Six Lives
This exhibition book explores the lives of six mummified individuals who once lived in Egypt between the Third Intermediate Period (about 1069-664 BC) and the Roman time (30 BC - AD 395). Using cutting-edge scientific investigations, each mummy offers insights into specific aspects of their lives and deaths, which are...Vandenbeusch, Marie ; Antoine, Daniel
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2023
Journal article
‘A lost chapter of ancient art’: archaeometric examinations of panel paintings from Roman Egypt
Ancient panel paintings on wood are, with the exception of the mesmerising mummy portraits, extremely rare. However, a small corpus of other types of Romano-Egyptian panel paintings is preserved in collections worldwide. The aim of this study is to explore the technical histories of these rare and intriguing artefacts. We...Brøns, Cecilie ; Stenger, Jens ; Newman, Richard ; Cartwright, Caroline ; Di Gianvincenzo, Fabiana …
radiocarbon dating, panel paintings, multi-spectral imaging, wood identification, and Roman Egypt
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2014
Journal article
Geophysical survey at ancient Naukratis, Egypt
A summary of the geophysical survey undertaken at the site of Naukratis in Egypt.Strutt, Kristian ; Thomas, Ross Iain
Geophysics and Naukratis
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2023
Journal article
Forensic examination of a fragmentary funerary portrait in the collection of the Harvard art museums
The Harvard Art Museums’ collection includes six Egyptian funerary portraits of the Roman period. These portraits are all that remains of the funerary equipment of individuals whose bodies were carefully prepared for burial and the afterlife. One example, depicting a man, is particularly complicated, broken into multiple fragments which have...Rayner, Georgina ; Eremin, Katherine ; Smith, Kate ; Cartwright, Caroline ; Degryse, Patrick …
workshop, composite, analysis, Roman Egypt, and technical imaging
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2016
Journal article
The mystery of Naukratis: revealing Egypt’s international gateway
An article on the lost port of Naukratis, once Egypt’s great international gateway. Despite pioneering late 19th-century archaeological research at the site, Naukratis has since languished in the shadows. Who really lived there, how did the port work, and what salacious secrets were hidden away by the Victorians? Its mysteries...Villing, Alexandra ; Thomas, R.I.
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2021
Book chapter
The coffin of Takabuti
Description of coffin belonging to ancient Egyptian mummy of a woman named Takabuti, dating to the 25th Dynasty.Taylor, John
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2023
Book chapter
Second Intermediate Period jewellery in the collection of the British Museum
This book aims to provide a new level of synthesis in the study of gold jewellery made in Egypt between 3500 bc and 1000 bc, integrating the distinct approaches of archaeology, materials science and Egyptology. Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to...La Niece, Susan ; Miniaci, G. ; Hacke, Marei ; Guerra, Maria
gold, jewellery, Ancient Egypt, and archaeology
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2023
Book chapter
Valorizing the ordinary – documenting the vernacular heritage of Shutb village
'The British Museum Asyut Region Project' aims at reconstructing and preserving the deep history of the Asyut region in Middle Egypt through survey and documentation of its pharaonic and post-pharaonic heritage, including the varied responses of local communities living atop the layers of history below. The village of Shutb, 5...Shama, Heba ; Ibrahim, Kareem ; Regulski, Ilona
urban fabric, Middle Egypt, and Asyut
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2023
Book chapter
Granulation in Egypt and the cylindrical amulet from Haraga
This book aims to provide a new level of synthesis in the study of gold jewellery made in Egypt between 3500 bc and 1000 bc, integrating the distinct approaches of archaeology, materials science and Egyptology. Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to...Guerra, Maria ; Meeks, Nigel
Ancient Egypt, gold, amulet, and archaeology
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2023
Book chapter
New Kingdom strings in the collection of the British Museum
This book aims to provide a new level of synthesis in the study of gold jewellery made in Egypt between 3500 bc and 1000 bc, integrating the distinct approaches of archaeology, materials science and Egyptology. Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to...Meeks, Nigel ; La Niece, Susan ; Guerra, Maria
Ancient Egypt, science, gold, archaeology, and jewellery
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