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November 9, 2024 11:51 AM

Ancient Egyptian Wooden Funerary Figures
Utilising stylistic traits to create a taxonomy of ancient Egyptian wooden funerary figures.

"This online catalogue aims to record all known examples of ancient Egyptian wooden funerary figures found in UK institutions as part of an ongoing PhD research project undertaken by Sam Powell at the University of Birmingham."

posted by thatwhichfalls (2 comments total)

Oh thanks! The highly anticipated Great Egyptian Museum is now open!!! after many delays.

I’ll be in Luxor and Cairo at the new year so I’ve been devouring any resources I can. Kent Weeks illustrated books for a lay audience are quite good in hand, since guides are not permitted in tombs, along with the digital Theban Mapping Project (Wikipedia). What are other favorite resources, quirky facts, etc for deep dives into any part of Egypt’s million(s) of years of history? Does anyone have resources for lay understanding of Egyptian books of the dead?
posted by rubatan at 4:08 PM on November 9

Weird. Today the Mehedju Project had an online presentation “Model Behaviour - ancient Egyptian wooden funerary models study afternoon” but I had to miss it for a friend’s birthday celebration. Thanks for posting this!
posted by brachiopod at 10:13 PM on November 9