Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

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Wed Jun 20 2012

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, set up in 1892 by eccentric traveller and diarist Amelia Edwards, is named after Flinders Petrie, tireless excavator of ancient Egypt. Where the British Museum's Egyptology collection is strong on the big stuff, the Petrie is dim case after dim case of minutiae. Its aged wooden cabinets are full of pottery shards, grooming accessories, jewellery and primitive tools. Highlights include artefacts of from the heretic pharoe Akhenaten's short-lived capital Tell el Amarna. Among the oddities is a 4,000-year-old skeleton of a man who was buried in an earthenware pot. Wind-up torches help you peer into the gloomy corners of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.

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Department of Egyptology
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University College London
Malet Place
London
WC1E 6BT

Website:
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/petrie
Opening hours:
1-5pm Tue-Sat
Transport:
Tube: Russell Sq/Euston Sq
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1. Department of Egyptology
  - Department of Egyptology
    University College London
    Malet Place
    London
    WC1E 6BT
  - www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/petrie
  - 51.524774,-0.133401

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Went there with six friends and my family... it was awesome!!! Never knew that there exists such a mysterious place, especially the collections are amazing!!

Lisa Ellan About 10 days ago
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