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Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
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The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology houses over 80,000 artifacts, making it one of the world's largest and most significant collections of ancient Egyptian and Sudanese artifacts
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The museum illustrates life in the Nile Valley from prehistory through the time of the pharaohs, the Ptolemaic, Roman and Coptic periods to the Islamic period
The collection contains outstanding works of art from Akhenaten’s city at Amarna: colourful tiles, carvings and frescoes, and from many other important Egyptian and Nubian settlements and burial sites. The museum also houses the world’s largest collection of Roman period mummy portraits
Did you know?
The museum is named after Sir William Flinders Petrie, a pioneering archaeologist often referred to as the "Father of Modern Egyptology." Petrie introduced meticulous excavation techniques that transformed archaeological research, and many of the artifacts in the museum were discovered by him during his groundbreaking fieldwork!