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Ancient Egypt

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New: Live video sessions from Collections Learning

Yesterday, for the first time in 10 months, I heard school children’s voices.  Not my…

19 January 2021

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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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Message on a Chalice

One of the most striking exhibits in the Eton College Museum of Antiquities is this…

16 September 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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Gods, snakes and the underworld: Fragment of a scene from the Book of Amduat

One of the star items in Ancient Beings, an exhibition of 32 Ancient Egyptian artefacts…

12 February 2020

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Provost Wotton’s books

This academic year began with the installation of a new Provost (chair of the board…

21 May 2025

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