

OSCARS, BAFTAS AND EGYPT’S GIANT GEM
With this November marking a huge landmark in Egypt’s long history, the 4 th  November was the day on which the tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered back in 1922, only 3 days after the start of the excavation season on 1 st  November. Yet this day has now acquired even greater significance as the official opening date of the GEM, the spectacular Grand Egyptian Museum. The GEM sparkling in the Giza dusk (© GEM) Rightly described as "one of the most ambitious cultural projects i
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GOLD FACES, GOLD PAVEMENTS & THE GOLDEN GODDESS: OUR EGYPTIAN TOUR ACROSS THE PENNINES
Hathor-head amulet of gold & rock crystal c.720 BC © Boston MFA This month’s rather succinct blog reflects the fact we’ve hardly been at home as current projects have taken us to some special places over the Pennines and back. Wigan Museum designed by Alfred Waterhouse (© Wigan Council) with its library and lecture space (© Wigan Museum) First of all we had our annual pilgrimage to Wigan Museum, whose superb building was designed by Alfred Waterhouse in 1877 complete with a l
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SEEINGÂ RED IN TOMBS, TEMPLES & PALACES
Jo beneath the red sun discs in Sennedjem’s Deir el-Medina tomb c.1250 BC (© R.Haxby) With the theme of our recent study days at Bolton...
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