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2023
Journal article
A curious account of ancient Egyptian Treasure Trove in Scotland
An ancient Egyptian object buried in the grounds of a historic house near Monimail in Fife was found by chance in 1952 and acquired at the time by the then Royal Scottish Museum (now National Museums Scotland). A second object from the same location appeared by chance in 1966 and...Goring, Elizabeth ; Maitland, Margaret
Egyptology, collecting, Treasure Trove, 19th century, museum, and Ancient Egypt
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2009
Journal article
The 17th dynasty gold necklace from Qurneh, Egypt
In 1908, the archaeologist Flinders Petrie discovered a rich intact burial of an adult and child at Qurneh, near Luxor. Stylistically, the burial has been dated to the late 17th Dynasty, in the 16th century BC. The complete burial group came to Edinburgh in 1909. A recent examination of the...Tate, Jim ; Eremin, Katherine ; Troalen, Lore ; Guerra, Maria Filomena ; Goring, Elizabeth …
Qurneh, mummy, ring manufacture, and necklace
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Book chapter
Technical study' In: “Hatshepsut, from Queen to Pharaoh”
Cleopatra may be the most famous woman of ancient Egypt, but far more significant was Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh who reigned for nearly twenty years in the fifteenth century B.C., during the early period of the New Kingdom. After acting as regent for her young nephew-stepson Thutmose III, Hatshepsut assumed...Goring, Elizabeth ; Tate, Jim ; Eremin, Katherine ; Quye, Anita