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A “kind of exploration or antiquity-dealing-business”: Egyptian archaeology and the Antiquities Trade 1880-1939

Egyptological historiography has often focussed on the apparent scientific heroism of archaeologists, obscuring the reality that many of the same heroes were also active in the antiquities market, buying, and selling objects freely. This lecture will discuss the results of research into the entanglement of archaeology and the market 1880-1939....

Potter, Daniel M
Egypt, Charles Trick Currelly, John Garstang, antiquities , Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie , Sudan, archaeology, museum collections, correspondence, archaeological excavations, and Edwin Ward archive
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Buying Power: British Archaeology and the Antiquities Market in Egypt and Sudan 1880–1939

Where did the ancient Egyptian collections in National Museums Scotland come from? How did they get here? Join Dr Dan Potter to discover the untold stories behind these enduringly popular collections. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries museums and individuals competed to collect the ‘best’ ancient Egyptian objects....

Potter, Daniel M
museum collections and displays, Online event, antiques market , colonial collecting practices , Archaeologists , colonial histories and legacies , Egypt and Sudan, British-led excavations , and panel discussion