Egyptian Section

Vol. VI / No. 4

By: M. M. C.

An Egyptian Mummy Cloth

DURING the Roman Period in Egypt (30 B. C.-395 A. D.) one Ḥor, son Ḥarisēset born of Tedikhety(?), died and […]

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Vol. VI / No. 2

By: M. L. M.

The Stela of Mery

BETWEEN the first and second cataracts of the Nile, in lower Nubia lies the modern village of Anibeh. There during […]

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Vol. VI / No. 1

By: E. H. D.

A Daphnae Situla from Memphis

THE Egyptian collections of the Museum include a number of fragmentary Greek Vases found in Egypt. One of these, a […]

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Vol. V / No. 4

By: M. L. M.

How Mummies Were Made

PEOPLE far and wide show an almost morbid interest in mummies. The word “mummy” immediately suggests Egypt and with justification, […]

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Vol. V / No. 4

By: B. G.

The New Mummy Room

It is with regret for the Museum that we announce the appointment of Battiscombe Gunn, lately Curator of the Egyptian […]

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Vol. V / No. 3

By: B. G.

A Head from an Egyptian Royal Statue

THE fine head of an Egyptian ruler shown on Plates X and XI was purchased by the Museum from an […]

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Vol. V / No. 1

By: B. G.

An Early Egyptian Door-Socket

ONE of the most interesting objects in the Egyptian Section is the very early stone door-socket [Plates VI and VII] […]

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Vol. IV / No. 3

By: B. G.

Objects from Meydûm

THE objects received from the Meydûm excavations of the season 1931-1932 are, although chiefly of the later periods, very varied […]

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Vol. III / No. 6

By: B. G.

A Sculpture From Meydûm

WE publish this month [Plate XIV] a photograph, recently received from Mr. Rowe, of the limestone relief, believed to represent […]

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Vol. III / No. 5

The Coxe Egyptian Expedition

A FIND of the first importance has been reported by Mr. Alan Rowe, field director of the Coxe Expedition at […]

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