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Ancient Beings

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String figure with beaded hair

This charming figure is made of fine thread knotted into bundles and wrapped around bunches…

10 January 2021
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Figure of an Ibis

The ibis was one manifestation of Thoth, the god associated with divine knowledge and writing….

06 December 2020
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Thoth and the African Sacred Ibis

In ancient Egypt, the ibis was one manifestation of Thoth, the god associated with divine…

25 October 2020
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Funerary Objects and Afterlife in Egypt

The Egyptians believed that the afterlife was a mirror-image of life on earth. They thought the…

20 July 2020
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Feeding the Oryxes

Travel to Ancient Egypt in this Antiquities double-bill, where we explore the ancient world through selected objects in the Museum of Antiquities and in the exhibition Ancient Beings.

14 July 2020

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On the wing

Birds have always fascinated humans for their mastery of the sky. This blog presents a…

29 April 2025

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